NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• citing refer to
• effecting act so as to bring into existence
• egging coat with beaten egg
• engine something used to achieve a purpose
• enticing highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
• feign make a pretence of
• feigning pretending with intention to deceive
• feinting deceive by a mock action
• fencing material for building fences
• feting have a celebration
• fifing a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
• fining characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
• fitting being precisely fitting and right
• gene (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
• genetic occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
• genie (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
• genii someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• gent a boy or man
• getting the act of acquiring something
• gift give qualities or abilities to
• gifting give qualities or abilities to
• gigging small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
• ginning trap with a snare
• icing the formation of frost or ice on a surface
• ignite cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
• igniting cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
• inciting give an incentive for action
• infecting corrupt with ideas or an ideology
• inning (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
• netting a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
• teeing connect with a tee
• tenting the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
• tinge affect as in thought or feeling
• tingeing affect as in thought or feeling
• tinging affect as in thought or feeling
• tinning the application of a protective layer of tin
• tinting the act of adding a tinge of color