NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• diddling deprive of by deceit
• diddly a small worthless amount
• digging the act of digging
• dill aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
• dilly
• ding go ‘ding dong’, like a bell
• dinging make dingy
• dingy causing dejection
• dining the act of eating dinner
• dizzily in a giddy light-headed manner
• dizzy lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
• dizzying lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
• dizzyingly
• dying in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
• giddily in a giddy light-headed manner
• giddy lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
• giddying lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
• gigging small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
• giggling laugh nervously
• giggly
• gild decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
• gilding a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
• gill a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
• gilling a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
• ginning trap with a snare
• gliding the activity of flying a glider
• idling having no employment
• idly in an idle manner
• idyl a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
• idyll an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
• illy being nine more than forty
• inning (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
• lily any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
• lining a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
• lying the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
• niggling (informal) small and of little importance
• ninny a stupid foolish person
• zigging an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
• zing a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
• zinging a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound
• zingy