# 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:** 16
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/301 "2024-05-01T17:41:30Z")
I think I tried that three or four times. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/302 "2024-05-01T19:43:09Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I think I tried that three or four times Glad I wasn’t the only one. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/303 "2024-05-01T23:02:37Z")
After I get to “Genius” level I usually go over to the [Spelling Bee Solver page](https://www.sbsolver.com/d/Cdelnou) and look at the stats at the top to see how many pangrams there are and whether there’s a bingo, and then if I’ve missed a pangram or haven’t completed an existing bingo (as I didn’t today), I go back and look for what I’ve missed. You can hide the actual words (because you’re only cheating yourself), but also there’s an option to “show disallowed matches” in the word list, listing words that for whatever reason the puzzle doesn’t take. Today’s list contains a heckuva lot of words I tried that weren’t accepted, including COCO, COLL, COLLED, CONDUCE, CONDUCED, CUDDED, DEUCED, DOLCE, DUCE, DULCE, ENCLOUD, ENCLOUDED, LOCULE, UNCLONED, UNCLOUD, UNCLOUDED, and UNCOOLED. Really quite frustrating. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/304 "2024-05-01T23:24:52Z")
Today’s Spelling Bee had a lot of words; 72 in total. Thirty just beginning with CO. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/305 "2024-05-01T23:40:42Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > After I get to “Genius” level I usually go over to the [Spelling Bee Solver page](https://www.sbsolver.com/d/Cdelnou) and look at the stats at the top to see how many pangrams there are and whether there’s a bingo, and then if I’ve missed a pangram or haven’t completed an existing bingo (as I didn’t today), I go back and look for what I’ve missed. > > You can hide the actual words (because you’re only cheating yourself), but also there’s an option to “show disallowed matches” in the word list, … Why not just use the Spelling Bee Hints or the Spelling Bee Buddy to see how many pangrams? Or are you going to the solver so that you can view the disallowed matches? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/306 "2024-05-02T08:04:46Z")
Because I am clueless, really. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/307 "2024-05-02T11:41:49Z")
For a game that often excludes Britishisms (lorry, abbatoir, etc.), today’s pangram, which is quite common in the UK, but much, much less so in the US, was unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/308 "2024-05-02T12:09:51Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > For a game that often excludes Britishisms (lorry, abbatoir, etc.), today’s pangram, which is quite common in the UK, but much, much less so in the US, was unexpected While lots of Britishisms are excluded, _lorry_ is not one of them. It’s come up in a number of puzzles. Personally, I (an American) had no problem completing today’s puzzle. By “completing” I mean getting to QB. I didn’t even need the hints 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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/309 "2024-05-02T12:29:31Z")
I like the layout of Shunn’s page better than the NYT hints page. However, after I get to Genius, I usually go to the Spelling Bee Buddy to get to QB. Today, I only had three words left and got to QB as soon as I saw the two-letter combos at the Buddy. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/310 "2024-05-03T12:02:27Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > While lots of Britishisms are excluded, _lorry_ is not one of them. It’s come up in a number of puzzles. Sorry, bad example. IIRC, _lorry_ was disallowed early on, but was added to the word list later. Am I right about that? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/311 "2024-05-03T12:26:02Z")
I think that’s right, yes. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/312 "2024-05-03T14:55:00Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@Gorsnak](#): > > > > Tappet was one of my examples in the OP! > > After many years of listening to “Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers” on Car Talk, I’m always disappointed when TAPPET isn’t accepted. Although today I was amused that it accepted click and clack. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/313 "2024-05-03T17:58:08Z")
Duotrigordle is another bad one for using obscure words among the answers you’re looking for. I just completed today’s puzzle and it included kanji and haram among its answers. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/314 "2024-05-08T10:29:02Z")
Finally, it accepts > **Summary** > > prion Double spoiled, cheaters. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/315 "2024-05-08T11:12:15Z")
It’s accepted that one before, although for a long time it was not. It was brought up in this thread earlier. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/316 "2024-05-08T11:21:34Z")
I must have missed it. It drove me nuts that the work wasn’t accepted. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/317 "2024-05-08T13:57:45Z")
Yeah, it’s easy to lose track. I still expect ‘antifa’ to be rejected even though it’s been accepted four times after being rejected the first four times. Prion is fairly recent addition, November 2022. It’s been cool three times after being disallowed the first seven times is was a possible word. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/318 "2024-05-09T13:28:25Z")
Iliad used to be accepted, but no more. How can it accept glia but not glial? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/319 "2024-05-09T13:59:02Z")
Was just going to post the same thing - seems like an odd omission, considering. Also not accepted: GILA and LIANA, neither of which are obscure. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/320 "2024-05-09T14:03:40Z")
Yeah, they never accept GILA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=17)