NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• intention an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• into
• intone recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
• lento (of tempo) slow
• leonine of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
• lion (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
• 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
• lone being the only one; single and isolated from others
• loon a worthless lazy fellow
• loonie the basic unit of money in Canada
• loot steal goods; take as spoils
• lotion any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin
• lotto a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• neon a colorless odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• newton a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes
• noel period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
• none not any; entity, negative pronoun
• nonet
• nonillion
• noon the middle of the day
• note notice or perceive
• notion a general inclusive concept
• oleo a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
• olio
• ollie
• onion bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
• online being in progress now
• onto
• owlet young owl
• tenon a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint
• toil work hard
• toile
• toilet misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
• toilette the act of dressing and preparing yourself
• toll ring slowly
• tone give a healthy elasticity to
• tonne a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
• tool furnish with tools
• toon a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
• toonie
• toot make a strident noise
• tootle play (a musical instrument) casually
• tote carry with difficulty
• towel wipe with a towel
• towelette
• towline (nautical) a rope used in towing
• town United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)
• townie resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
• willow any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
• winnow blow on
• wino a chronic drinker
• wont an established custom
• wonton a soup with won ton dumplings
• wool fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
• woolen of or related to or made of wool
• woot