NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• eely the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication
• elite selected as the best
• entitle give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
• eyelet fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
• illy being nine more than forty
• ineptly with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner
• inlet an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• intel
• intently with strained or eager attention
• lenient characterized by tolerance and mercy
• leniently in a permissively lenient manner
• lenity mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
• lent a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
• lentil widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
• lien the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
• lilt articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
• lily any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
• line be in line with; form a line along
• linen a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish
• linnet small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
• lint fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
• lintel horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
• linty
• lippy
• lite having relatively few calories
• little small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
• nettle sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
• nipple the small projection of a mammary gland
• peel get undressed
• pellet a small rounded mass of a substance
• pelt rain heavily
• penile of or relating to the penis
• penitently showing remorse
• pettily in a petty way
• pile press tightly together or cram
• pill a unpleasant or tiresome person
• pipeline gossip spread by spoken communication
• plenty as much as necessary
• plie
• teletype
• tell give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• tile cover with tiles
• till work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
• tilt heel over
• tinily
• tipple drink moderately but regularly
• title designate by an identifying term
• tittle a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• yell utter or declare in a very loud voice
• yelp bark in a high-pitched tone