NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• accede take on duties or office
• acceded take on duties or office
• aced of the highest quality
• acted perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
• added bestow a quality on
• axed chop or split with an ax
• cadet a military trainee (as at a military academy)
• caved hollow out as if making a cave or opening
• cede relinquish possession or control over
• ceded relinquish possession or control over
• data a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• date go on a date with
• dated marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
• dead devoid of activity
• decade the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• deed something that people do or cause to happen
• deeded something that people do or cause to happen
• detect discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
• detected perceived with the mind
• eaved
• evade practice evasion
• evaded practice evasion
• exacted lacking compromising or mitigating elements
• excavated recover through digging
• exceed be superior or better than some standard
• exceeded be superior or better than some standard
• tatted having many tattooes
• taxed levy a tax on
• teed connect with a tee
• texted to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service
• vacated leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
• vaxed
• vaxxed
• vetted examine carefully
• vexed causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed