NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• ajar slightly open
• annotator a commentator who writes notes to a text
• aorta the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• aria an elaborate song for solo voice
• arrant without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
• atria
• attar essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
• attrition a wearing down to weaken or destroy
• initiator a person who initiates a course of action
• intro a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music
• iron extremely robust
• irritant something that causes irritation and annoyance
• irritation the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
• janitor someone employed to clean and maintain a building
• narration (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
• narrator someone who tells a story
• nitro
• noir
• nonart
• nori
• notator
• oration an instance of oratory
• orator a person who delivers a speech or oration
• oratorio a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
• rain precipitate as rain
• raita an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices
• raja a prince or king in India
• rani (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja
• rant talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
• ratatat
• ratio the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
• ration distribute in rations, as in the army
• rattan the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
• rioja dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain
• riot engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
• roan (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
• roar laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
• root cheer for
• rotation a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
• rotator
• roti
• rotini
• rotor rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils
• tantara
• tantra any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind
• tarnation
• taro herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
• tarot any of a set of (usually 78) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used for playing card games and for divination by fortunetellers
• tart harsh
• tartan a cloth having a crisscross design
• tartar an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
• tiara a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• titration a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated
• tori
• torii
• torn having edges that are jagged from injury
• toro
• tort (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
• torta
• tortoni
• train educate for a future role or function
• trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
• traitor a person who says one thing and does another
• trattoria
• trio the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• triton small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
• trot run at a moderately swift pace