# 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:** 42
**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 25, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/821 "2024-10-25T11:11:28Z")
[![](https://i0.wp.com/enluminures.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SAM_0576_correction.jpg?w=929&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/enluminures.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SAM_0576_correction.jpg?w=929&ssl=1) riday. INCIPIT. ---
**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 25, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/822 "2024-10-25T16:00:07Z")
I thought “pancit” might be allowed by now. ---
**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 26, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/823 "2024-10-26T04:50:07Z")
I learned ACTINIC from Terry, but apparently Sam didn’t. ---
**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 26, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/824 "2024-10-26T09:52:16Z")
Today (10/26) it didn’t like BULLHEAD. Interesting, considering the pangram. ---
**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 26, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/825 "2024-10-26T11:13:33Z")
Or BALDHEADED. ---
**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 26, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/826 "2024-10-26T13:20:50Z")
Noted icthyophobe Sam also leaving out BLUEHEAD. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/827 "2024-10-28T09:35:02Z")
I guess Sam isn’t into WARGAMING, which would be another pangram. ---
**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 28, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/828 "2024-10-28T10:08:02Z")
Yep. Also: RIMING and GRIMING (not that I’d expect anyone to be “into” those). ---
**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:** [October 28, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/829 "2024-10-28T11:00:55Z")
I was surprised about RIMING. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/830 "2024-10-28T11:47:05Z")
No RAGMAN. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/831 "2024-11-03T07:03:10Z")
Dammit. Going to Standard Time, the new puzzle will be delayed an hour. Yet another reason to ditch DST. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/832 "2024-11-03T18:12:57Z")
Why no PLAYA? Evidently he’s never been to Burning Man. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/833 "2024-11-03T18:14:06Z")
Clearly a PLAYA hater. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/834 "2024-11-04T10:21:56Z")
You’d think if ARHAT was fine (not today but in general), ATMAN would be too. But no. Also no: NAPHTHA. And if you really want to go obscure: PANTON. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/835 "2024-11-04T13:55:00Z")
When did OPAH stop being allowed? I definitely remember missing that word a lot in the past. No love for PANTO either. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/836 "2024-11-04T18:40:50Z")
I had a hard time with yesterday’s game; I just barely made it to genius and never got the pangram. I hate it when that happens. Especially when, as is usually the case, the words I didn’t get aren’t particularly obscure or unusual, they just didn’t occur to me. One of yesterday’s was LAPTOP, which I have frequently forgotten to try. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/837 "2024-11-04T19:00:53Z")
I think yesterday the word count was 73, which is on the high side. Fortunately, it was a Sunday, but still, that’s a lot of words. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/838 "2024-11-04T20:41:59Z")
OPAH was allowed 17 times, right up to October, 2023. It’s been disallowed 7 times since. Ours is to wonder why. > [@commasense](#): > > I just barely made it to genius and never got the pangram I didn’t get the pangram, either. When I got to genius and found out I was still 14 words short of Queen Bee, I noped out. 73 words is too much of a slog. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/839 "2024-11-04T20:43:42Z")
Yeah, especially with no -tion, -ing, etc. 73 unrelated words, ugh. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/840 "2024-11-04T22:50:51Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I had a hard time with yesterday’s game; I just barely made it to genius and never got the pangram. I hate it when that happens. Same, same, and same. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=43)