NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• acacia any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
• acai
• accede take on duties or office
• acceded take on duties or office
• aced of the highest quality
• acid having the characteristics of an acid
• acidic being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)
• acidy
• acne an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• added bestow a quality on
• addend a number that is added to another number (the augend)
• addenda
• adenine (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
• aide an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• aided having help; often used as a combining form
• caddie act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
• caddied act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
• caddy act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
• cadence the close of a musical section
• cancan a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
• candid characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
• candidacy the campaign of a candidate to be elected
• candied (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar
• candy coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
• cane beat with a cane
• caned beat with a cane
• canid any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
• canine of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
• canna any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
• canned sealed in a can or jar
• canny showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
• cayenne plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
• cicada stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
• cyan of the blue-green color that is a primary subtractive color of light
• cyanide an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
• daddy an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• dance move in a graceful and rhythmical way
• danced move in a graceful and rhythmical way
• dandy excellent
• dead devoid of activity
• deaden cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
• deadened made or become less intense
• deadeye a dead shot
• dean an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
• decade the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• decadence the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
• decay fall into decay or ruin
• decayed damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
• dyad two items of the same kind
• ennead the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• idea (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
• inane extremely silly or stupid
• indica
• indicia
• 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
• nana
• nannied a woman who is the custodian of children
• nanny a woman who is the custodian of children
• niacin a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract