NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• beige of a light greyish-brown color
• belie be in contradiction with
• belied be in contradiction with
• bellied having a belly
• bible a book regarded as authoritative in its field
• bide dwell
• bided dwell
• biggie
• bile a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
• bilge take in water at the bilge
• bill demand payment
• billed having a beak or bill as specified
• bloodied having or covered with or accompanied by blood
• bodied having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination
• boil be agitated
• boiled cooked in hot water
• boogie dance to boogie music
• boogied dance to boogie music
• deli a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
• diddle deprive of by deceit
• diddled deprive of by deceit
• died suffer or face the pain of death
• 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
• diode a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction
• doggie informal terms for dogs
• dogie motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
• dollied a small replica of a person; used as a toy
• doobie
• eddied flow in a circular current, of liquids
• edible suitable for use as food
• elide leave or strike out
• elided leave or strike out
• eligible qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
• gelid extremely cold
• geoid
• gibe be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
• gibed be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
• gigged small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
• giggle laugh nervously
• giggled 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
• gilded having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
• gill a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
• gilled provided with gills
• glib artfully persuasive in speech
• glide move smoothly and effortlessly
• glided move smoothly and effortlessly
• goodie
• idle not in active use
• idled not in active use
• 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
• illegible (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
• iodide a salt or ester of hydriodic acid
• legible (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered
• libel print slanderous statements against
• libeled print slanderous statements against
• libelee
• libido (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
• lidded having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination
• lied a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
• liege owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
• lobbied detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
• oblige force somebody to do something
• obliged under a moral obligation to do something
• oiled treated with oil
• oldie a song that was formerly popular
• olio
• ollie