NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• ammo projectiles to be fired from a gun
• amyl a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
• familial occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
• family a person having kinship with another or others
• film record in film
• filmy so thin as to transmit light
• flimflam a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
• foam become bubbly or frothy or foaming
• foamily
• foamy producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
• imam (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
• lama a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
• lima
• limo large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
• llama wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
• loam a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
• loamy consisting of or having the character of loam
• loom appear very large or occupy a commanding position
• mafia any tightly knit group of trusted associates
• mail send via the postal service
• maim injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• mall mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
• mama informal terms for a mother
• mamma informal terms for a mother
• mammal any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
• mayfly slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
• mayo egg yolks and oil and vinegar
• miff cause to be annoyed
• mill move about in a confused manner
• moil work hard
• moll the girlfriend of a gangster
• mollify cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
• molly popular aquarium fish
• momma informal terms for a mother
• mommy informal terms for a mother
• moola