NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• alit
• anal a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
• annal
• anti not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
• atilt departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
• attain to gain with effort
• await look forward to the probable occurrence of
• data a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• dawn appear or develop
• dial operate a dial to select a telephone number
• initial occurring at the beginning
• inlaid adorned by inlays
• inland situated away from an area's coast or border
• laid set down according to a plan
• lain
• lanai a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
• land deliver (a blow)
• lantana a genus of about 150 species of flowering shrub, commonly known as shrub verbenas or lantanas
• lawn a field of cultivated and mowed grass
• naan leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
• nada a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
• naiad (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
• nail succeed at easily
• nana
• natal relating to or accompanying birth
• natant
• tail go after with the intent to catch
• tailwind wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft
• taint contaminate with a disease or microorganism
• tali
• tall too improbable to admit of belief
• tallit
• tannin any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
• tidal of or relating to or caused by tides
• titan (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
• twain two items of the same kind
• wail cry weakly or softly
• wait serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
• wall surround with a wall in order to fortify
• wand a thin supple twig or rod
• wanna
• want feel or have a desire for; want strongly
• watt a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
• wildland