# 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:** 28
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/541 "2024-07-18T10:54:52Z")
Is this the first time it took tipi? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/542 "2024-07-18T12:13:29Z")
Correctomundo. It’s been rejected 55 times but persistence has paid off. Finally, it dawned on Sam that having only two ways to spell teepee was ludicrous. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/543 "2024-07-18T12:29:19Z")
See, I spell it your way, too, but apparently the newly allowed version was preferred for a long time. I don’t really recall seeing it spelled any other way than yours, but looking at nGrams, all three have been popular at various times. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/544 "2024-07-18T12:34:48Z")
It’s just one of those oddities about this game. One has to try a word like abattoir or tipi every time because it might be accepted, even if one is sure it’s been rejected in the past. 55 times is remarkable, though. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/545 "2024-07-18T12:39:16Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > 55 times is remarkable, though. Yeah, that’s crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/546 "2024-07-19T17:44:56Z")
Today is the first time I scored Genius with 43 words. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/547 "2024-07-19T18:20:18Z")
I feel like I’m seeing more puzzles with ING+ED lately, but maybe just my imagination. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/548 "2024-07-20T04:13:32Z")
OK, so WILDING wasn’t accepted, but WILDLING was? The former is in MW and the OED. My head was spinning with all the Ws today, 49 out of 57 words. And yesterday I didn’t expect the 3 variant spellings of the same word, tipi, tepee, teepee ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/549 "2024-07-20T04:16:20Z")
Yeah, I thought it would be accepted, but I’m pretty sure I’ve tried it before to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/550 "2024-07-20T04:43:42Z")
I’m sick of ED and ING puzzles so close together. It’s repetitive and a poor use of my word game time. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/551 "2024-07-20T15:12:23Z")
Sometimes when I’m stuck, I try out potential words that I really don’t expect to be accepted. These guesses follow the rules of English orthography, so they’re not wild-ass guesses. Every once in a while, one of them actually hits. This happened today with orthotic. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/552 "2024-07-21T16:24:19Z")
“Gibbets and crows!” he hissed. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/553 "2024-07-22T02:45:36Z")
I guess Sam isn’t into poetry; they didn’t take TROCHAIC, which would have been a pangram. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/554 "2024-07-22T07:43:06Z")
Every time it rejects a simple word, I can’t help momentarily thinking, “Am I imagining that?” No, I’m not. I will forgive the omission of “hoon” 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:** [July 22, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/555 "2024-07-22T08:08:05Z")
Sam is clearly biased against musicologists, given the omission of MONODY and HYMNODY (blurred because they imply other, accepted words). ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/556 "2024-07-22T09:33:54Z")
@Gyrate I was annoyed at both of those. And it won’t take HOYDEN either. @commasense TROCHAIC was another too. I thought pangram! and was disappointed. DENNED wasn’t accepted but YENNED was? I can’t see the rhyme or reason behind this. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/557 "2024-07-22T10:02:13Z")
Ooh, I forgot about “hoyden”. An excellent word. It also didn’t take MONONYMY but did take HOMONYMY. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/558 "2024-07-22T11:43:16Z")
It didn’t take demonym, either. Hmm, the discourse dictionary doesn’t discern demonym, dodos. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/559 "2024-07-23T00:14:40Z")
Yes, very disappointing to see Not in Word List come up when I entered DEMONYM. However DONEE is considered a valid word. Really?? I made it to Queen Bee thanks to a hint for MONEYMEN which I never would have guessed without the hint. In fact my phone doesn’t think it’s a word and has the wavy red line under it as I type. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/560 "2024-07-23T02:11:54Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I’m sick of ED and ING puzzles so close together. It’s repetitive and a poor use of my word game time. I was slightly annoyed the other day when it had ED and ING so for every verb I had to try adding each of those on the ends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=29)