# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/681 "2024-09-11T18:24:02Z")
I was amused that two of the Pangrams for today (Wed., Sept. 11) are Burping and Upbringing. Every now and then, my inner eight-year-old comes out… ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/682 "2024-09-11T22:21:16Z")
No luck for me on either [GURN/GURNING](https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/41282197) or, surprisingly, GUNRUNNING. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/683 "2024-09-11T22:26:14Z")
It was sure that gunrunning was allowed at some point, but it never has been. ---
**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 12, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/684 "2024-09-12T16:40:20Z")
And today’s omission: [tombola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombola_(game)). Otherwise, not too shabby. ---
**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 12, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/685 "2024-09-12T16:49:47Z")
Also [TOMBOLO](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombolo). I happen to live on one, which is how I know the word. . ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/686 "2024-09-13T13:25:00Z")
While the absence of DICKHEAD did not surprise me, I admit I had to try it anyway. What a fine, fine pangram that would have been. ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/687 "2024-09-13T14:54:27Z")
My thoughts exactly. I always try the rude words just for fun. I found the actual pangram today much more challenging than “dickhead”. ---
**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 13, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/688 "2024-09-13T17:36:08Z")
Dickhead is far more commonly used than acidhead. ---
**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 13, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/689 "2024-09-13T23:12:38Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > While the absence of DICKHEAD did not surprise me, I admit I had to try it anyway. What I came here to post. ---
**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 14, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/690 "2024-09-14T14:39:05Z")
Yesterday there were just 4 words left unsolved when I discovered the pangram. Today it was the 3rd word that I found. I’m spoilering yesterday’s words because, as I’ve found, it’s possible to keep playing games that are up to a week old. Yes, it took me forever to find CHICKADEE and ACIDHEAD. I don’t know why it took me so long to get the former because when my kids were little, “Five Little Chickadees” was one of their favorite rhymes: [https://youtu.be/CgMixRuLnHU?t=123](https://youtu.be/CgMixRuLnHU?t=123) ---
**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 14, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/691 "2024-09-14T14:41:50Z")
Sam still doesn’t like LIANA. 😠 ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/692 "2024-09-14T15:57:43Z")
For today he doesn’t like ANILINE either. And I’m sure that LIANAs are far more plentiful than BAOBABs. ☹ ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/693 "2024-09-15T02:21:46Z")
He doesn’t like ALANINE, either. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/694 "2024-09-15T02:46:00Z")
Spoiler tags, please! As jut noted, these games can be played for a few days. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/695 "2024-09-15T02:52:33Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Spoiler tags, please! These are words that aren’t accepted. They’re not part of the game. We do spoiler accepted words. Do you want the _non_-spelling bee words spoilered? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/696 "2024-09-15T02:55:11Z")
I take your point, but sometimes the non-accepted words include or are very similar to accepted words. I’ll retract my request, however. ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/697 "2024-09-15T17:13:57Z")
Spoilering this word that Sam doesn’t take today, much to my indignation: MIDDEN Why not? I was just reading an article about their importance in archaeological research. Has any poster here ever contacted Sam / the Times about words that should be included and aren’t? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/698 "2024-09-15T17:20:07Z")
Today’s seven letters included e and d as well as i, n and g, so for many words, I had to try -ed and -ing variants. It’s a bit tiresome and I think I prefer when the puzzle doesn’t include those options. ---
**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 15, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/699 "2024-09-15T18:53:54Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Why not? I was just reading an article about their importance in archaeological research. We have one of those in our backyard! The house was built in the mid-1700s, and most of the stuff collected was late 1800s/early 1900s, but includes a big box of early bottles, some crockery (mostly damaged), and some old toys. The prior owners took most of the intact stuff with them, though. ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/700 "2024-09-16T04:15:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It’s a bit tiresome and I think I prefer when the puzzle doesn’t include those options. Ditto. It’s more like exercise when there are that many suffixes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=36)