NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• bedded having a bed or beds as specified
• beet biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
• bobbed cut hair in the style of a bob
• bocce Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
• bode indicate, as with a sign or an omen
• boded indicate, as with a sign or an omen
• booed show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
• booted wearing boots
• bootee a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies)
• cede relinquish possession or control over
• ceded relinquish possession or control over
• code attach a code to
• coded attach a code to
• coed a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
• cooed cry softly, as of pigeons
• cote a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
• debt money or goods or services owed by one person to another
• deco a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
• decoct steep in hot water
• decocted steep in hot water
• decode convert code into ordinary language
• decoded convert code into ordinary language
• deed something that people do or cause to happen
• deeded something that people do or cause to happen
• deject lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
• dejected affected or marked by low spirits
• detect discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
• detected perceived with the mind
• dote shower with love; show excessive affection for
• doted shower with love; show excessive affection for
• dotted having gaps or spaces
• ebbed flow back or recede
• eject eliminate (a substance)
• ejected eliminate (a substance)
• jete
• jetted of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
• jobbed work occasionally
• jotted write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
• object be averse to or express disapproval of
• objected be averse to or express disapproval of
• oboe a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• octet the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• teed connect with a tee
• toed having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combination
• tooted make a strident noise
• tote carry with difficulty
• toted carry with difficulty