# 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:** 142
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2821 "2026-04-26T20:20:18Z")
I started to play Spelling Bee late so I’m at only 915 Geniuses and less than 900 Queen Bees. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2822 "2026-04-26T20:31:33Z")
It looks like in Wordle you can go back and play any game from the past but that doesn’t seem to be the case in SB. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2823 "2026-04-26T20:42:32Z")
I wrote to the editor to ask for the Spelling Bee archives to be available for play but so far no. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2824 "2026-04-27T01:54:34Z")
Another rejected word: INTRACITY. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2825 "2026-04-27T02:05:23Z")
LOL, I tried that one twice. As for playing past games, I’m a NYT subscriber and can play games from the past 2 weeks, but not further back than that. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2826 "2026-04-27T02:24:27Z")
I can too as a Games but not News subscriber ---
**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:** [April 27, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2827 "2026-04-27T03:57:01Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Disappointed TRINARY isn’t accepted. > [@dtilque](#): > > Another rejected word: INTRACITY. And TRINITARIAN. 😡 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2828 "2026-04-27T06:09:38Z")
No tyrannic. Today, I got tyranny and tyrant. I play on my phone. I’m positive I had them both. I looked at them several times on my list of found words as I was playing, wondering why tyrannic wasn’t allowed, checking my spelling against the other 2 words. Then, tyranny just _vanished_ from my found words. It had been present for at least 10 minutes before it vanished. Two nights ago, I was doing a NYT crossword puzzle, and while I watched, a word literally just disappeared itself from the puzzle, as I watched. It wasn’t even the most recent word I’d filled in, either. My connection can be spotty, but this is nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2829 "2026-04-27T12:12:03Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > And TRINITARIAN. 😡 Which also includes ANTITRINITARIAN ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2830 "2026-04-27T12:15:25Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Then, tyranny just _vanished_ from my found words. It had been present for at least 10 minutes before it vanished. This confirms something I have long suspected but haven’t yet seen clear proof of. Many times I find myself right on the edge of QB and I start re-entering words I KNOW I have already entered, and that puts me over the top. I also do the puzzle on my phone. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2831 "2026-04-27T12:36:29Z")
Easiest Bee in a while, today. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2832 "2026-04-27T12:43:33Z")
Today we reached 900 Geniuses and 300 Queen Bees. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2833 "2026-04-27T12:50:32Z")
Woo hoo!!! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2834 "2026-04-27T12:53:26Z")
Note that there is a [puzzle contest](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/crosswords/letters-to-the-editors.html) today, involving five puzzles in the Games section. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2835 "2026-04-27T13:05:12Z")
Thanks for posting that! My wife and I do 4 of those 5 every day, so it was simple to finish it off. Fingers crossed! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2836 "2026-04-27T13:06:34Z")
So do I. The only one I don’t bother to do is the mini crossword puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2837 "2026-04-27T13:06:46Z")
Same. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2838 "2026-04-27T20:30:58Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > This confirms something I have long suspected but haven’t yet seen clear proof of. Many times I find myself right on the edge of QB and I start re-entering words I KNOW I have already entered, and that puts me over the top. Same here, and I would just assume I was mistaken. But this time, I am completely 100% certain about that word. And I watched the crossword puzzle word vanish while I was looking right at it. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2839 "2026-04-30T12:32:31Z")
More cromulent words not accepted: MUON and CONTINUO. The latter is a common musical term. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/2840 "2026-05-02T07:34:42Z")
Just started playing this yesterday, got my first genius: > **[Play Spelling Bee](https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/v1/bee.html?d=2026-05-01&l=lcdehik&p=153&r=Genius&c=1520e0a3ea2046e0fc10ccc5cd668985&smid=na-share)** > > How many words can you make with 7 letters? Huh. To be honest, I thought that the share would be akin to Wordle’s share: about my game, not an ad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=143)