NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• academe the academic world
• acme the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
• ahem the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
• came experience orgasm
• dame informal terms for a (young) woman
• dammed obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
• deem keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
• deemed keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
• edamame
• edema swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
• emcee act as a master of ceremonies
• emceed act as a master of ceremonies
• hamate the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
• hammed exaggerate one's acting
• heme a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
• hemmed fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
• macadam surface with macadam
• mace (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
• maced (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
• machete a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
• madam a woman of refinement
• madame title used for a married Frenchwoman
• made produced by a manufacturing process
• mahatma (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage
• mama informal terms for a mother
• mamma informal terms for a mother
• match provide funds complementary to
• matcha
• matched provided with a worthy adversary or competitor
• mate bring two objects, ideas, or people together
• mated of or relating to a marriage partner
• math a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
• matte not reflecting light; not glossy
• matted tangled in a dense mass
• mead made of fermented honey and water
• meat the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
• meathead
• mecca a place that attracts many visitors
• meet being precisely fitting and right
• meme a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
• memed a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
• meta
• metadata data about data
• mete a line that indicates a boundary
• meted a line that indicates a boundary
• meth an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
• tame flat and uninspiring
• tamed brought from wildness into a domesticated state
• team form a team
• teamed form a team
• teammate a fellow member of a team
• teem move in large numbers
• teemed move in large numbers
• them
• theme provide with a particular theme or motive
• themed provide with a particular theme or motive