# NYT Spelling Bee drives me crazy **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [December 17, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739 "2023-12-17T15:50:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2001 "2025-09-02T07:49:16Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2002 "2025-09-02T09:05:41Z")
Also, no OBOL/OBOLS. Some currencies hit, some miss. Gotta try. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2003 "2025-09-02T09:35:21Z")
No, but it is the perfect sentiment for ‘s’ puzzles. 40 words, 21 plurals. I’m fine with keeping the ‘s’ out. ---
**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 2, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2004 "2025-09-02T09:43:54Z")
Anyone know why there’s an S today? Last time, it was for the 1,000th SB or something. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2005 "2025-09-02T10:58:24Z")
The pangrams should explain that. Tis the season. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2006 "2025-09-02T11:29:40Z")
Yes. Constantly making all of the nouns plural is boring. ---
**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 2, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2007 "2025-09-02T11:53:07Z")
Is it that different from -ed or -ing? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2008 "2025-09-02T11:53:23Z")
Actually not really. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2009 "2025-09-02T11:56:03Z")
It’s one of the few ‘taboos’ in this game. Another is never pairing ‘e’ and ‘r.’ Are there any others? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2010 "2025-09-02T14:48:17Z")
Got QB today for the first time in forever. I usually don’t even try. But I admit to using Steve’s hints, as I never would have gotten lookbook. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2011 "2025-09-02T15:16:22Z")
That word has appeared previously. That’s how I remembered to try it. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2012 "2025-09-02T15:39:21Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s one of the few ‘taboos’ in this game. Another is never pairing ‘e’ and ‘r.’ Are there any others? It never has more than three vowels. Well, unless you count Y as a vowel. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2013 "2025-09-02T15:48:45Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s one of the few ‘taboos’ in this game. Another is never pairing ‘e’ and ‘r.’ I didn’t know about E and R. I know that some people try to get to Genius without using four-letter words. Is it always the case that that’s possible? ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2014 "2025-09-02T16:15:22Z")
Managed Queen Bee today without any hints. That hasn’t happened in a long, long time. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2015 "2025-09-03T06:01:51Z")
I got a no hint QB and the end of the day. For the longest time I knew that I had a six letter word and its plural left. I finally got it and it took so long because I thought I had tried it earlier and it was denied. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2016 "2025-09-03T11:05:21Z")
One of today’s pangrams I only got despite assuming it was a proper name because I tried it anyway for fun. Turns out it’s an [animal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonaut_(animal)) too. Also: no RUGRAT allowed. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2017 "2025-09-09T01:30:35Z")
QB no hints today! It was a weird one. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2018 "2025-09-09T16:17:47Z")
One point away from G today and I thought “what the hell, I’ll try NOOB “ and much to my surprise, it worked. ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2019 "2025-09-09T16:21:04Z")
I always get that and it’s reverse in succession. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2020 "2025-09-09T16:34:13Z")
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