NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• cent a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
• cite refer to
• client someone who pays for goods or services
• clientele customers collectively
• eclectic selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
• elect elected but not yet installed in office
• electee
• elicit call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• elite selected as the best
• entente an informal alliance between countries
• entice provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
• entitle give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
• illicit contrary to or forbidden by law
• incite give an incentive for action
• inlet an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• intel
• intellect a person who uses the mind creatively
• intent giving or marked by complete attention to
• kente
• kettle (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
• kilt a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
• kinetic supplying motive force
• kite get credit or money by using a bad check
• kitten give birth to kittens
• knelt rest one's weight on one's knees
• knit make (textiles) by knitting
• lenient characterized by tolerance and mercy
• 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
• licit authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
• lilt articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
• 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
• lite having relatively few calories
• little small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
• littleneck a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York
• necktie neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• netlike having open interstices or resembling a web
• nettle sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
• nineteen being one more than eighteen
• nite
• teen being of the age 13 through 19
• telekinetic
• tell give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• tenet a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
• tent live in or as if in a tent
• tick make a sound like a clock or a timer
• ticket record a fine as a penalty in a police record
• tickle touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
• tiki
• tile cover with tiles
• till work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
• tilt heel over
• tinct color lightly
• tine prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
• tinkle make or emit a high sound
• tint color lightly
• title designate by an identifying term
• tittle a tiny or scarcely detectable amount