# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/321 "2024-05-09T14:14:24Z")
That’s 'cause Gila is a proper name, a place. It’s why they don’t take Gouda for the cheese either. ---
**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, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/322 "2024-05-09T14:31:03Z")
Huh. Looking at the Wiki page it is indeed always capitalized. Still - LIANA should be fine. ---
**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 9, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/323 "2024-05-09T14:54:26Z")
I never understood why Iliad was accepted in the first place. In other news, I’m gonna go buy some damn galangal and cook with it and maybe then I’ll remember that damn word. Grrr. Edit: Hah. I just looked it up and galangal is yet another word with a checkered past. It wasn’t allowed the first ten times it was a possibility. ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/324 "2024-05-09T14:56:45Z")
Thanks! Now, I’m just two from QB. ---
**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 9, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/325 "2024-05-09T15:21:11Z")
One of my annoyances is trying to figure out which compound words are acceptable. Today, for instance, it accepted gangland. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/326 "2024-05-10T03:43:38Z")
I mentioned LIANA back in [December](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/8). ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/327 "2024-05-11T14:43:48Z")
[ENNEAD](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennead) isn’t an obscure word at all! My sister and I used to talk about them all the time back when we were in nursery school. ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/328 "2024-05-13T09:18:12Z")
On yesterday’s (12 May) one, I suppose CENTIME is probably too foreign but what was wrong with MILT and MEMETIC? ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/329 "2024-05-13T09:58:43Z")
They took CENTIME a year or two ago, but have apparently dropped it. I think the other word you wanted is spelled MIMETIC. At least, they accept it that way. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/330 "2024-05-13T10:02:24Z")
MEMETIC is a different word. But still a word. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/331 "2024-05-13T10:04:50Z")
Not according to Sam Ezersky! 😁 ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/332 "2024-05-13T10:28:17Z")
Why didn’t they take CYCLONIC today? ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/333 "2024-05-13T14:37:50Z")
My question as well. I mean, if they accepted the Pangram, they should accept this one. ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/334 "2024-05-16T13:58:36Z")
Well, that was a slog. 76 words is tied for third highest number of words in the NYT Bee. LIgating? Bleh. At least I remembered Galangal this time. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/335 "2024-05-16T15:00:39Z")
I’m debating about getting to genius this time, because it sort of stopped being fun. On the other hand, I usually get there. So I don’t know. ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/336 "2024-05-16T21:21:42Z")
INVIGILATING! \< shakes fist at Ezersky \> ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/337 "2024-05-16T22:11:24Z")
Yeah, I tried that, MW does say British though. ---
**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 16, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/338 "2024-05-16T22:26:30Z")
Always an excuse. And yet PFFT was considered an acceptable word the other day. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/339 "2024-05-16T22:41:22Z")
I mean, I personally agree, and the fact that he always includes LORRY seems like an intentional poke in the eye. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/340 "2024-05-17T16:21:41Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Well, that was a slog. You’re not kidding. My wife and I usually compete to see who can get Queen Bee first. Most times I don’t look at the hint page/Spelling Bee Buddy until after I get Genius. On this one I finally got Genius late in the evening and said screw it, I’m done. That was just nuts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=18)