# 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:** 160
**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 11, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3181 "2026-09-11T14:13:30Z")
Looks like the proper spelling ends in -ey. ---
**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 12, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3182 "2026-09-12T01:15:18Z")
I was at Genius before I knew it with no pangram. It took my by surprise. Then got a pangram and the penultimate word KHAKI and it took my all day to get that final point with HAKA. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3183 "2026-09-12T02:54:22Z")
That was also my last word. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3184 "2026-09-12T03:41:15Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > You knew it wouldn’t be there, but DICKHEAD was certainly worth trying. Lol, same as @Thumper668 , it was my first 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 14, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3185 "2026-09-14T15:35:45Z")
I was startled when the ‘genius’ screen popped up after only eleven words. Still, I was denied Queen by bleeping GOBY. Seventh appearance and yet it looks like a brand-new, made-up, ridiculous word to me. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3186 "2026-09-14T15:40:03Z")
It’s a fish. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3187 "2026-09-14T16:51:40Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Still, I was denied Queen by bleeping GOBY. Seventh appearance and yet it looks like a brand-new, made-up, ridiculous word to me. I started today’s game last night and got everything but that word before going to bed. This morning I kept trying various plausible 4-letter words until hitting on it. This is not the first time I got a natural QB this way. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3188 "2026-09-14T18:41:49Z")
I will never not type in BEGOB . One day! ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3189 "2026-09-15T07:39:55Z")
Today was an even easier QB than yesterday. Three in five days with no hints. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3190 "2026-09-17T20:06:35Z")
I wonder what’s the matter with MILFOIL. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3191 "2026-09-18T02:04:05Z")
Or molal ---
**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 18, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3192 "2026-09-18T15:10:26Z")
Today, I needed a hint to get cinquain. That’s not a word I knew, which is better than when the word I’m stuck on is one I knew or should have known. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3193 "2026-09-18T15:36:53Z")
What’s wrong with ANNUITANT ? ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3194 "2026-09-20T04:00:43Z")
Does everyone but me know about BILTONG from yesterday’s puzzle? I only got it because I used SBB to learn that there was a 7-letter pangram I hadn’t found, and just tried random combos till I hit it. I’m sick of Sam’s obscure cuisine terms. Not everyone lives in Manhattan where you can eat in a restaurant from any country in the world any day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3195 "2026-09-20T04:54:39Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Does everyone but me know about BILTONG from yesterday’s puzzle? That’s actually from today’s puzzle. I got it without needing a hint, but am still working on a different 5-letter word starting with the same two letters. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3196 "2026-09-20T05:12:50Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Does everyone but me know about BILTONG I do, but I learned it from [the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-make-their-own-jerky/915169/16). Since then, I’ve noticed it in some stores. Doing a board search, I see it’s been used here several times. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3197 "2026-09-20T05:14:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Today, I needed a hint to get cinquain. Yep, I didn’t know it, either. ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3198 "2026-09-20T05:14:06Z")
I absolutely knew about it and I found it on my own. It’s not that obscure. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3199 "2026-09-20T11:41:47Z")
I’ve heard about it and eaten it, but it didn’t occur to me until I tried BITLONG. When I’m stuck I try making compound words that are rarely accepted but they often cause me to see a word I hadn’t thought of. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/3200 "2026-09-22T02:47:24Z")
I knew that BITLONG was a word, but I had no idea what it meant. I thought it might be Australian. As for Sunday’s, I was stumped by HELIACAL, even after looking at the clues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=161)