# 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:** 21
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/401 "2024-06-05T11:55:22Z")
Yeah, I tried that too. No luck on PEEPEE either, although that’s really for the best. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/402 "2024-06-05T12:52:20Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Didn’t take HALON, a fire-suppressant gas I think HALON is a brand name, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/403 "2024-06-05T14:41:24Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I think HALON is a brand name, for what it’s worth. I used to think so, too, but I just checked M-W. It says “a hydrocarbon that contains esp. bromine”. Not capitalized and no indication it’s a trademark. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/404 "2024-06-05T14:50:26Z")
I’m seeing conflicting info on that myself. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/405 "2024-06-07T03:33:20Z")
I tried LYCRA, didn’t realize it’s a brand name. And I would show off my Queen Bee badge, but Discourse won’t let me embed 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:** [June 7, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/406 "2024-06-07T03:39:39Z")
I rarely have the time or patience to try for Queen Bee, but I like to get all the pangrams. That was a bit of a struggle today (June 6), but I eventually managed it. My wife, OTOH, is satisfied just to get to genius, even if we don’t get all the pangrams. We work on each day’s puzzle together, on separate tablets, but logged into the same account. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/407 "2024-06-07T03:39:45Z")
I tried Cyrillic but it wasn’t accepted, probably because Cyril is a proper name. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/408 "2024-06-07T04:14:03Z")
I tried LATIN 2 days ago, but it wouldn’t take it either. And I don’t always have the patience for Queen Bee, but I’m procrastinating on some onerous chores. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/409 "2024-06-07T13:10:01Z")
Nappy was allowed the first time it came along in 2018. I imagine Sam was besieged by emails from well-intentioned folks and instantly shit-canned it. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/410 "2024-06-07T13:28:07Z")
Can we talk about yesterday’s? I guess I should spoiler it. If cyclically is a word and acyclic is a word, it should accept acyclically. And, what about cyclicality? I was annoyed. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/411 "2024-06-07T14:40:39Z")
Meanwhile, today it accepted ANYHOO. Not sure it should have… ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/412 "2024-06-07T16:21:59Z")
Don’t mind me. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/413 "2024-06-07T16:23:05Z")
Because there’s no W? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/414 "2024-06-07T16:23:45Z")
I was just about to delete that post. None of those words have ever come up. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/415 "2024-06-08T04:00:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Meanwhile, today it accepted ANYHOO. Not sure it should have… I came here to post that! Considering all the more legit words not on the list, that one surprised me. And, according to the list, only 44% of users guessed it. The only word guessed by fewer users, at 40%, was PAPACY ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/416 "2024-06-08T05:51:33Z")
There’s a small number of, shall we say, informal words accepted by the Bee. In addition to anyhoo, there’s: dammit dunno gonna gotta helluva hiya kinda wanna woot ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/417 "2024-06-08T11:51:48Z")
Both ‘attagirl’ and ‘attaboy’ are allowed, but ‘attaboy’ wasn’t accepted the first three times it cropped up. You just never know with Mr. Ezersky. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/418 "2024-06-10T05:10:19Z")
So today WIGWAG and WIGWAGGING were accepted? Really? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/419 "2024-06-11T10:44:09Z")
Speaking of, shall we say, informal words, why gimme but not lemme?? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/420 "2024-06-11T15:26:14Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > why gimme but not lemme?? dunno. I missed that first word when I compiled my list. And it turned out to be the last word I needed for a QB today. The only one I needed the hints to get, in fact. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=22)