# 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:** 22
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/421 "2024-06-11T16:35:38Z")
Haha! Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/422 "2024-06-13T08:10:45Z")
So who’s going to be the first to complain that LILTINGLY and TINNILY are not accepted? OK, I guess that’s me. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/423 "2024-06-13T10:46:01Z")
I don’t mind those omissions, but no lignin feels like an oversight. ---
**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 13, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/424 "2024-06-13T11:06:23Z")
As a former electrical engineer, I think tinning should be accepted. ---
**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 13, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/425 "2024-06-13T16:35:12Z")
That’s what I was coming to post. I hadn’t thought about the others above. BTW, is there any need to blur words not accepted, unless they might suggest words that were, e.g., LILTINGLY, suggesting LILTING? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/426 "2024-06-13T17:12:39Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > BTW, is there any need to blur words not accepted, unless they might suggest words that were, e.g., LILTINGLY, suggesting LILTING? Don’t think so. That’s exactly the reason I blurred the two words in my post. ---
**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 14, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/427 "2024-06-14T13:01:03Z")
Today should have been a bingo with ‘khat.’ I know the blurring is a bit silly. Would you open this thread before solving? ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/428 "2024-06-14T15:05:18Z")
WHAMMO? WAHOO? I really wonder about the word list sometimes. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/429 "2024-06-14T15:49:47Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Would you open this thread before solving? I often do, because I’m obviously not as sharp as many of my Doper brethren. I get hints as to what words not to try (if I haven’t already tried them, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/430 "2024-06-14T17:37:36Z")
Don’t bother to try TOKAMAK, not that many people out there are likely to. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/431 "2024-06-14T17:48:52Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Don’t bother to try TOKAMAK, My university had one of those! ---
**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 14, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/432 "2024-06-14T20:33:46Z")
I tried it ---
**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 14, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/433 "2024-06-14T22:51:13Z")
I admit I hadn’t heard of HATHA and only found it by chance. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/434 "2024-06-15T00:13:27Z")
I have no idea what that one means, but I always immediately add it whenever I see HATH. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/435 "2024-06-15T03:09:07Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I have no idea what that one means, Hatha yoga . ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/436 "2024-06-15T04:49:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Hatha yoga No thanks. Don’t need a yoga at this time. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/437 "2024-06-15T05:05:15Z")
Lol!   ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/438 "2024-06-16T10:04:06Z")
I’m disappointed it doesn’t accept CAOUTCHOUC 🙂 ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/439 "2024-06-18T12:27:51Z")
Oh come on - no BACKBEAT? ---
**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 18, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/440 "2024-06-18T12:42:44Z")
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