# 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:** 34
**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 29, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/661 "2024-08-29T12:40:24Z")
I think I lucked out with the way the letters were initially arranged, because the pangram was the _first_ word I saw. I have also been reminded that “woot” is officially in the dictionary now. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/662 "2024-09-03T11:00:34Z")
TIL that “[Titian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titian_hair)” (the hair color) remains capitalized because it specifically refers to the painter. And thus is disallowed. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/663 "2024-09-03T14:07:26Z")
But I try it every time. Just because things could change. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/664 "2024-09-03T14:11:07Z")
True. Today’s “Letter Boxed” accepted “Halon”. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/665 "2024-09-04T10:20:05Z")
Attempted but missing today for various reasons: assorted Britishisms (“moggy”, “gammy”), a baseball acronym (“LOOGY”) and an obscure musical term (“plagal”). ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/666 "2024-09-05T00:58:21Z")
Evidently “gloam” is too old and “glamp” is too new. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/667 "2024-09-05T08:55:29Z")
I was wondering about “glamp”. I’ve only ever seen it in “glamping” form. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/668 "2024-09-05T09:08:07Z")
Today: Not accepted: ARGH Accepted: AARGH 🤨 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/669 "2024-09-08T08:23:12Z")
Not that today’s (Sunday) puzzle needs any more words, but WITHE and HITHE are too archaic to make the cut. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/670 "2024-09-08T14:17:40Z")
I was going to mention a few days ago, when the pangram was VIBRANT (we don’t need to blur words from several days ago, do we?), that I had gotten part way through the puzzle, then took a nap. As I woke up, two new words popped into my head, one I was sure was the pangram: VARIANT and BIVARIANT. The first was accepted, the second wasn’t. Too obscure, I guess. A few days later I came across BIVARIANT in a book I was reading. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/671 "2024-09-09T04:19:50Z")
I tried WITHE too, and was pleasantly surprised that WIGHT wasn’t considered too archaic. After getting WHINGING, I didn’t expect WHINGEING to be accepted as well. And yesterday, I tried and missed with TITIAN (mentioned above), as well as INANITION, ANTINOMIAN and AMANITA. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/672 "2024-09-09T05:09:09Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > After getting WHINGING, I didn’t expect WHINGEING to be accepted as well. Variant spelling have supposedly been removed from the list of accepted words, but there’s a number of them still there. I have a list of them if anyone wants to see it. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/673 "2024-09-09T05:21:10Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Variant spelling have supposedly been removed from the list of accepted words, The rules used to say that variant spellings weren’t valid, but they no longer say that. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/674 "2024-09-09T08:19:11Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I have a list of them if anyone wants to see it. Sure, post it. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/675 "2024-09-09T08:22:28Z")
OK, list of variant spelling accepted: ageing, aging ambiance, ambience ameba(e), amoeba(e) bandana, bandanna benefited, benefitted binging, bingeing caky, cakey canceling(ed), cancelling(ed) caiman, cayman coifed, coiffed donut, doughnut doxed, doxxed duffel, duffle eyeing, eying glamor, glamour grandad, granddad hiccuped, hiccupped idyl, idyll likeable, likable liveable, livable lollygag, lallygag loveable, lovable loveably, lovably mama, mamma, momma moola, moolah myna, mynah nunchuk, nunchuck omelet, omelette papa, poppa papaw, pawpaw pewee, peewee petit, petite pipet, pipette pizazz, pizzazz queueing, queuing tepee, teepee tingeing, tinging vaxed, vaxxed veld, veldt weenie, wienie whingeing, whinging ---
**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:** [September 9, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/676 "2024-09-09T08:34:33Z")
Thanks. I’ve learned to play most if not all of these, which means Sam will start removing some. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/677 "2024-09-10T01:25:54Z")
Sam Ezersky’s love of fabrics strikes again, with TAFFETA. And @dtilque that list of variant spellings is helpful. Thanks; I hope they stay around! ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/678 "2024-09-10T01:46:42Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Sam Ezersky’s love of fabrics strikes again, with TAFFETA Not an unusual fabric or word, though, unlike nanking (?). Typically used in fancy dresses. My German great-grandmother got married in a gold-colored taffeta dress. Also used in Joni Mitchell’s _Michael from Mountains_. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/679 "2024-09-10T10:16:14Z")
At least I’ve heard of that 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:** [September 10, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/680 "2024-09-10T22:52:04Z")
One of the first words I saw today was DICOT, which I remember from Botany class. It’s in M-W too. But sadly it’s not on the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=35)