NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• album one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
• albumen a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids
• alum a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
• alumna a female person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
• alumnae
• annual completing its life cycle within a year
• annul declare invalid
• bauble a mock scepter carried by a court jester
• beau a man who is the lover of a man or woman
• benumb make numb or insensitive
• blue causing dejection
• bluebell perennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
• bubba
• bubble flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
• bulb anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
• bull push or force
• bumble make a mess of, destroy or ruin
• bumblebee robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
• luau an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
• lube apply a lubricant to
• lull calm by deception
• lulu a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• lumen a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
• luna
• lune
• lunula the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
• lunulae
• manual requiring human effort
• maul injure badly by beating
• menu the dishes making up a meal
• mule a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
• mull heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
• mumble grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
• muumuu a woman's loose unbelted dress
• nebula an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
• nebulae
• nubble a small lump or protuberance
• null lacking any legal or binding force
• numb so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
• ulna the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
• ulnae
• unable (usually followed by ‘to’) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
• unban
• unman cause to lose one's nerve