# 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:** 38
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/741 "2024-09-27T02:28:25Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > (It’s only been playbable twice.) You misspelled playbabble. ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/742 "2024-09-28T05:42:33Z")
So the toughest words for me today were THATAWAY and ARHAT. The latter because it’s obscure; the only place I’ve come across it is Sb. The former, well, maybe because it’s so simple compared to words like HORTATORY, which I found long before. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/743 "2024-09-28T06:00:58Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > former, well, maybe because it’s so simple compared to words like HORTATORY, I failed to get that word because I tried to spell it with the wrong number of Ts. ---
**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 28, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/744 "2024-09-28T12:25:28Z")
Today’s puzzle didn’t accept at least two OLOGYs I tried: LOGOLOGY and ETHOLOGY. I found three, but I suspect there may be others I didn’t find. ---
**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 28, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/745 "2024-09-28T12:29:43Z")
I tried one of those as well. And there’s more than three accepted ones (not including LOGY on its own), one of which I was inordinately proud of myself for remembering. ---
**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 28, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/746 "2024-09-28T12:42:50Z")
Well I’ve gotten to Genius already, so I probably won’t keep looking. Would you mind telling us the others you found, in spoilers, of course? ---
**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 28, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/747 "2024-09-28T12:55:27Z")
If you like: THEOLOGY (Pangram), GEOLOGY, OTOLOGY and TELEOLOGY, the last of which was the one I was pleased to think 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:** [September 28, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/748 "2024-09-28T18:11:24Z")
I got all but the third, but I think I deserve credit for knowing the other two I mentioned. ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/749 "2024-09-28T18:19:38Z")
I was just trying to think of ologies I could try. I didn’t even know what [teleology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology) was at the time. And I was pleased I remembered to try gelee, which I missed in earlier days. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/750 "2024-09-29T03:36:30Z")
The word that gave me the most trouble today was HOTLY. TELEOLOGY and GELEE I got quickly, but I looked at the puzzle on and off for 12 hours before that one last word dawned on me. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/751 "2024-10-03T12:52:13Z")
What the hell’s wrong with GROINING? Also: no GRUNION, a fish [known for its sensuality](https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200309). ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/752 "2024-10-03T13:34:06Z")
Ha! Came to say GRUNION, learned the naughty bits. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/753 "2024-10-03T19:10:30Z")
Apparently Sam is not an Anthony Burgess fan: they didn’t take DROOG. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/754 "2024-10-03T20:55:44Z")
Well, that’s not HORRORSHOW. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/755 "2024-10-05T00:11:44Z")
No OPAH. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/756 "2024-10-06T07:30:27Z")
This DANGED puzzle doesn’t even allow DANGED. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/757 "2024-10-06T21:44:46Z")
Annoyed me, too. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/758 "2024-10-07T12:55:32Z")
No MOOK or GOMMAGE today but honestly I’m not too bothered about the omission of either. Otherwise fairly straightforward apart from the pangram which was probably the hardest word of the bunch. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/759 "2024-10-07T12:57:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > No MOOK or GOMMAGE today And thankfully no MAGA either. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/760 "2024-10-07T13:07:46Z")
And no MEGACOCK either, weirdly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=39)