NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• adamant impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
• adman someone whose business is advertising
• admin
• admit allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
• admitting allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
• aiming intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
• amid
• anima (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
• animating giving spirit and vivacity
• damaging designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
• damming obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
• dammit
• damn expletives used informally as intensifiers
• damning threatening with damnation
• dimming lacking in light; not bright or harsh
• gamin (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
• gaming the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
• gamma a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
• imaging the ability to form mental images of things or events
• imagining form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
• imam (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
• imitating appear like, as in behavior or appearance
• intimating having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
• intimidating discouraging through fear
• madam a woman of refinement
• madman a male insane person
• magi
• magma molten rock in the earth's crust
• maid an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
• maim injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• maiming injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• main (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
• maintain maintain for use and service
• maintaining maintain for use and service
• mama informal terms for a mother
• mamma informal terms for a mother
• managing be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
• mandating assign under a mandate
• manga graphic novel that originated in Japan, usually intended for adults and characterized by highly stylized art
• mania a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
• manna hardened sugary exudation of various trees
• manning take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
• manta a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
• mating the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
• matting mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
• midi used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf
• miming act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
• mind be in charge of or deal with
• minding be in charge of or deal with
• mini used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee
• minim a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
• minima
• mining the act of extracting ores or coal etc. from the earth
• mint as if new
• minting as if new
• mitigating lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
• mitt the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
• naming inclined to or serving for the giving of names
• taming flat and uninspiring
• tatami
• timid showing fear and lack of confidence
• timing the time when something happens