NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• diddling deprive of by deceit
• dildo a vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation
• dill aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
• doling a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
• doll informal terms for a (young) woman
• dolling informal terms for a (young) woman
• doodling make a doodle; draw aimlessly
• fiddling (informal) small and of little importance
• filing a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
• fill appoint someone to (a position or a job)
• filling flow into something (as a container)
• fling throw or cast away
• flinging throw or cast away
• flog beat severely with a whip or rod
• flogging beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
• flood supply with an excess of
• flooding a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
• foil hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• foiling an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
• fold cease to operate or cause to cease operating
• folding capable of being folded up and stored
• folio a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
• fondling affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
• fool make a fool or dupe of
• fooling characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
• giggling laugh nervously
• gigolo a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
• gild decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
• gilding a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
• gill a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
• gilling a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
• gliding the activity of flying a glider
• goggling look with amazement; look stupidly
• gold having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
• golf play golf
• golfing playing golf
• googling search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine
• googol a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
• idling having no employment
• idol someone who is adored blindly and excessively
• igloo an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
• infill
• infilling
• lingo a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
• lining a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
• lion (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
• lodging the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily
• logging the work of cutting down trees for timber
• login
• logo a company emblem or device
• loin a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
• loll be lazy or idle
• lolling be lazy or idle
• long having or being more than normal or necessary
• longing prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
• loon a worthless lazy fellow
• niggling (informal) small and of little importance
• nonillion
• noodling a ribbonlike strip of pasta
• ogling look at with amorous intentions
• oiling administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
• olio
• oolong Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried