# Let's do another NYT Spelling Bee together (spoilers!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 8, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096 "2020-09-08T11:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/1 "2020-09-08T11:34:39Z")
It’s another day that’s asking for too many points and I just don’t feel like dealing with it by myself. The rules are that you have to use the capitalized letter at least once in every word. Otherwise, you can use any combination of the remaining letters, as many times as necessary. Today, the letters are: Nimoprt You get 1 point for a four letter word, 5 for a 5 letter, 6 for 6, etc., plus extra points if you use all the letters (called a pangram – I haven’t found it yet). I have 20 words and there are 50 total. Here’s what I have so far: - Imprint - Into - Minor - Mint - Mono - Moon - Morn - Moron - Noon - Onto - Pint - Pinto - Pontoon - Porn - Porno - Print - Pronto - Tint - Toon - Torn No cheating! I know where to find the answers, but I trust that no one here will search them out. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/2 "2020-09-08T11:57:22Z")
Promotion, right off the bat. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/3 "2020-09-08T12:01:00Z")
Motion Monitor Point Promo Portion ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/4 "2020-09-08T12:07:37Z")
Promotion was the pangram! Thanks. Thanks for the rest, except PROMO – no “N”. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/5 "2020-09-08T12:07:43Z")
Onion Notion Intro Nitro Mono Potion ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/6 "2020-09-08T12:09:24Z")
All excellent. I had already found MONO, though. I would usually try harder before throwing it to you intellectual wolves, but I just don’t have the energy today. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/7 "2020-09-08T12:20:42Z")
I’ll add Proton and we’re up to 31 words. 19 to go! ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/8 "2020-09-08T15:16:23Z")
I’m up to 37 words. 13 to go. Here’s the current list: - Imprint - Into - Intro - Mini - Minion - Minor - Mint - Monitor - Mono - Moon - Morn - Moron - Motion - Nitro - Noon - Notion - Onion - Onto - Pinion - Pinot - Pint - Pinto - Pippin - Piton - Point - Pontoon - Porn - Porno - Portion - Potion - Print - Promotion - Pronto - Proton - Tint - Toon - Torn ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/9 "2020-09-08T17:04:09Z")
Option Proportion ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/10 "2020-09-08T17:16:00Z")
Excellent! Option got us to Genius level (163 points), and proportion helped blow it away. There are still 11 words that remain, and prion doesn’t count (I guess it’s too obscure?). ETA: Just added Opinion, so 10 to go! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/11 "2020-09-08T17:24:57Z")
Iron Triton ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/12 "2020-09-08T17:30:10Z")
Nice! 8 left. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/13 "2020-09-08T17:51:28Z")
Intromit Intromition which are real, but unlikely to be on the list ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/14 "2020-09-08T18:25:39Z")
Yeah, no luck. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/15 "2020-09-08T18:26:11Z")
Orion (a constellation) Prion (a malformed protein) Ronin (a Samurai rank) Tinpot (?) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/16 "2020-09-08T18:52:33Z")
Pinpoint Roint ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/17 "2020-09-08T18:53:11Z")
I tried all of those before (except Orion – no proper names) and it doesn’t accept any of them. I was mostly surprised by prion and tinpot. They accept some scientific terms (which I never heard of, like bilabial) and not others. ETA: Yes to pinpoint, no to roint. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/18 "2020-09-08T19:55:20Z")
Only 7 words left. If we don’t get them by around 5PM, I’ll find them and post them. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/19 "2020-09-08T19:56:13Z")
I thought Orion was the most likely to go through, given that they accepted Triton also. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096/20 "2020-09-08T20:05:55Z")
Triton: a large mollusk which has a tall spiral shell with a large aperture, living in tropical and subtropical seas. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096.md?page=2)