# NYT Spelling Bee drives me crazy
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739
**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:** 131
### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2601 "2026-02-15T19:05:18Z")
Can someone tell me what’s wrong with aright? Also, with all the other foreign dish words they use, what’s wrong with atta, a whole wheat flour used in Indian cooking?
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2602 "2026-02-15T19:29:34Z")
> [@susan](#):
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> If you were a birdwatcher you might encounter it more frequently!
Well, yes, I know _what_ it is.
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2603 "2026-02-15T22:07:48Z")
> [@RitterSport](#):
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> Today’s pangram is ridiculously obscure in my view.
A word I knew existed but could not have defined for any money. But now I know!
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2604 "2026-02-16T00:54:50Z")
Today was a toughie. I still don’t have the pangram
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2605 "2026-02-16T05:52:33Z")
I finally got the pangram, as @BlankSlate did, by trying combos. I had to look up its meaning.
Since finding out about the “Pangram first” badge I’ve been going for it, but this one stumped me. It was the last word that I found.
And @needscoffee thanks for the explanation of NOUVELLE
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2606 "2026-02-16T06:13:12Z")
> [@gkster](#):
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> It was the last word that I found.
I couldn’t figure it out - not even after giving up and looking at the reader clues. I finally had to go to [SBSolver.com](http://SBSolver.com).
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### Author:  [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2607 "2026-02-16T16:56:21Z")
Hmm, MAGA types aren’t going to like the Presidents Day letter selection. Maybe they don’t play word games though.
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2608 "2026-02-16T16:57:08Z")
I saw that.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2609 "2026-02-16T16:59:12Z")
Hahaha. I noticed that too but didn’t make the connection to the holiday. No way that wasn’t intentional.
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### Author:  [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2610 "2026-02-16T17:33:31Z")
> [@susan](#):
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> If you were a birdwatcher you might encounter it more frequently!
… or a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan, but that’s too arcane a reference to even need blurring.
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2611 "2026-02-16T17:37:21Z")
Unfortunately, BDEIJNO doesn’t produce a pangram.
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### Author:  [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2612 "2026-02-16T18:34:52Z")
> [@gkster](#):
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> Since finding out about the “Pangram first” badge I’ve been going for it,
I’ve been going for that even before they made the badge, but have increased my efforts since. It’s the only badge I care about. Today, I received my Pangram First 200 badge.
On the other hand, yesterday was the first time in quite a while that I haven’t gotten a QB. Even with clues, I could not guess what fried Punjabi bread was.
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### Author:  [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2613 "2026-02-17T15:27:43Z")
Ha! I noticed it, but didn’t make the connection to President’s Day, and assumed it was merely a coincidence. Clever boy, Sam!
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2614 "2026-02-17T15:32:49Z")
For the first time in a while, I couldn’t get to Genius – this is for Sunday, Feb.15 (I think), the one that includes the pangram PARAGRAPH.
Is it just me, or was this a toughie? Later today, I’ll check what I’m missing.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2615 "2026-02-17T15:46:39Z")
That was a tough one and the word you mentioned was not a pangram. I got to G without getting a pangram and it took a while.
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2616 "2026-02-17T15:47:39Z")
Today is one of the easiest in a long time. Not even long enough to be bor-ING.
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### Author:  [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2617 "2026-02-17T16:05:59Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> Today is one of the easiest in a long time.
So I guess he’s not PWNING us today. (Yes, I tried that one.)
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2618 "2026-02-17T16:14:06Z")
I got well past G without breaking a sweat but am still almost 50 points from QB. I’ll chip away at it throughout the day.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2619 "2026-02-17T23:59:41Z")
> [@dtilque](#):
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> Even with clues, I could not guess what fried Punjabi bread was.
Me neither, and it really pissed me off because I had some in the freezer!
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### Author:  [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2620 "2026-02-19T18:29:28Z")
Once again, they totally disregard CATAMITE. (I don’t think I really need to spoiler that, but did it just in case.)
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