# 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:** 31
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/601 "2024-08-10T11:14:49Z")
I do that too. Today (Saturday) - no luck on KINE, THETE or TENCH, but KENTE was acceptable? Sheesh. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/602 "2024-08-10T19:01:12Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Ezersky likes plant and flower words! Well, some of them. Not a lot that I’ve tried. I attempt to get to Amazing, then sometimes leave it alone for a few hours and come back to it with fresh eyes. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/603 "2024-08-11T05:33:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Today (Saturday) - no luck on KINE, THETE or TENCH, but KENTE was acceptable? Sheesh. Sheeshing right along with you! No luck with HENCH or HITTITE 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:** [August 11, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/604 "2024-08-11T06:19:29Z")
I would have thought Hittite was a proper noun. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/605 "2024-08-13T13:21:59Z")
Still plowing my way through today’s very long list, but I would like to reiterate a hearty “Fuck You” to Sam and his love of fabrics I’ve never heard of. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/606 "2024-08-13T13:26:55Z")
Yeah, my wife knew that one, but I had never heard of 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:** [August 13, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/607 "2024-08-13T13:30:05Z")
More than one today: TOILE and VOILE. Just finished. Phew. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/608 "2024-08-15T04:20:44Z")
Thank goodness for clues over the last 2 days. Without them, I never would have come up with OLLIE and NONILLION yesterday and TAMARI and MORATORIA today. And @Gyrate it’s probably the Biblical Uriah the Hittite that makes me think of that word as an adjective rather than as a proper noun. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/609 "2024-08-15T08:49:18Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > NONILLION (It’s two days away now, I don’t think we need to spoiler it any more.) If you find LION, you should get that word. I knew this, but had forgotten it (there’s lots of these kinds of words and it’s hard to remember all of them) for that puzzle. I remembered after I’d gotten the hints (didn’t need any clues). ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/610 "2024-08-15T09:10:32Z")
Ickle one today. There was only one word I didn’t find easily, and I found that one by random poking. Hey, whatever works… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/611 "2024-08-15T15:57:27Z")
Yes, I went through lots of possible letter combinations to get to that elusive last word. It took me a while to realize that yes, PULI is a word. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/612 "2024-08-15T15:58:35Z")
Yep. That was the one. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/613 "2024-08-15T15:59:53Z")
And I tried PUPU unsuccessfully yet again. What does Sam have against the pupu platter? If TAMARI and TATAMI are acceptable, why not PUPU? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/614 "2024-08-15T16:17:38Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > NONILLION There was a tweet that I saw that said something like, “If I die and go to hell, my personal hell will be showing me all the times I didn’t get nonillion.” You’d think that would make me get it every time it shows up, but I missed it again the other day. Today was super easy. I think it’s “pu pu platter”, not “pupu platter”, so that’s probably why he doesn’t acccept it. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/615 "2024-08-15T18:14:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > That was the one. Last one for me as well. And I found it only because in my random guessing, I was actually trying to enter a word with those last two letters swapped. So finally fat-fingering was good for something! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/616 "2024-08-15T21:37:53Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > If you find LION, you should get that word. I knew this, but had forgotten it I still manage to forget it 9 out of 10 times. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/617 "2024-08-17T09:07:52Z")
I was excited to find BARRATRY, but it’s not accepted. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/618 "2024-08-17T09:26:44Z")
Friday: No luck with either TOYBOY or BOYTOY, or ROTA or TOTO either. Saturday: nothing too obscure on the list, but it took me a while as I blanked on some obvious ones. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/619 "2024-08-18T07:25:15Z")
Someone tell me what’s the matter with GODHOOD. What could possibly be the reason for rejecting it? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/620 "2024-08-18T10:41:24Z")
The Bee is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. The word GODHOOD was perfectly acceptable for five years (13 appearances) but here in 2024, it is now verboten (twice.) You might ask why and so might I. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=32)