NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• allocator a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
• allot give out
• altar a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
• alto (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group
• aortal of or relating to the aorta
• atoll an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• call call a meeting; invite or command to meet
• calla South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
• callaloo
• carload the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
• carol sing carols
• cartload the quantity that a cart holds
• catcall utter catcalls at
• clad wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
• cloaca (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not other mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
• clod an awkward stupid person
• clot coalesce or unite in a mass
• coal burn to charcoal
• cola carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts
• cold lacking the warmth of life
• collar take into custody
• collard variety of kale having smooth leaves
• color having or capable of producing colors
• colt a kind of revolver
• cool marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
• coral of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
• corolla (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth
• corral gather and secure
• doctoral of or relating to a doctor or doctorate
• doll informal terms for a (young) woman
• dollar a United States coin worth one dollar
• dolor (poetry) painful grief
• dolt a person who is not very bright
• droll comical in an odd or whimsical manner
• drool let saliva drivel from the mouth
• lard prepare or cook with lard
• load transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
• local relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
• locator a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims
• loco informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• loll be lazy or idle
• loot steal goods; take as spoils
• lord make a lord of someone
• lotto a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• octal of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base
• oral a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression
• roll emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
• talc apply talcum powder to (one's body)
• tall too improbable to admit of belief
• told give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• toll ring slowly
• tool furnish with tools
• total constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
• troll cause to move round and round