# 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:** 44
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/861 "2024-11-20T15:19:40Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Oh, and today’s pangram? Seconded. I know I’m not the world’s most well-read person, and I’m certainly not a scientist or geologist, but I am quite certain I’ve never seen that word before. ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/862 "2024-11-20T16:00:01Z")
Same. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/863 "2024-11-20T20:45:00Z")
Me too. I got it from a clue by the SBB, but I’m pretty sure I have never seen it. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/864 "2024-11-20T20:56:12Z")
Another “WTH?” on today’s pangram. I tried it assuming it wouldn’t work and burst out laughing when it did. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/865 "2024-11-21T02:03:47Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I tried it assuming it wouldn’t work and burst out laughing when it did. The same for me except no laughter. I notice on SBB it’s the second least likely word to have been found. ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/866 "2024-11-21T02:17:03Z")
I knew from Spelling Bee Buddy that there was a ten-letter word starting with the letter M remaining to be found and I guessed it was a compound word. So I was trying various things but didn’t get that word without reading the hint. It can be hit-or-miss whether any given compound word is acceptable. ---
**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 21, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/867 "2024-11-21T16:35:19Z")
That’s how I did it. ---
**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 21, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/868 "2024-11-21T16:41:24Z")
Thanks for mentioning Spelling Bee Buddy. If it had been discussed before, I didn’t notice or check it out. I just did, and it does exactly what I’ve wanted for years now. I have used this Hints page when I wasn’t making as much progress as I wanted, but Buddy does all the counting and correlating that you have to do manually with Hints. Thanks again! ---
**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 22, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/869 "2024-11-22T12:26:48Z")
For yesterday’s puzzle, I might have figured out LINEAGE, but LINAGE was a new one on me, and I’d say it’s just as obscure and technical as [TALKBACK](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkback_(recording)), which wasn’t accepted today. ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/870 "2024-11-22T13:51:25Z")
Yeah, there were a number of compound words accepted or not with little rhyme or reason today. I’m also surprised it didn’t accept TABI given all the other Japanese stuff normally accepted. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/871 "2024-11-22T20:40:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yeah, there were a number of compound words accepted or not with little rhyme or reason today. Compound words are always a crapshoot. Today has more because there’s a couple words in it that are very much more common in compounds than most other four-letter words. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/872 "2024-11-22T22:07:05Z")
I find it annoying that KATABATIC is omitted. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/873 "2024-11-22T22:08:13Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It can be hit-or-miss whether any given compound word is acceptable. Indeed if microcrack is acceptable, why not macrocrack? ---
**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 23, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/874 "2024-11-23T12:16:20Z")
It would lead to too many “Your Mom” jokes. 😝 ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/875 "2024-11-23T15:07:09Z")
Got to Genius today, but I find myself approaching UN puzzles with a feeling of weariness as I know I’m going to try every word with that prefix, and it will be a mix of results. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/876 "2024-11-23T15:49:11Z")
UN, ED, and ING bore me. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/877 "2024-11-23T15:56:34Z")
Agreed. I wonder if there’s been a UNEDI(N)G puzzle, and what the extra letter has been. ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/878 "2024-11-23T19:17:47Z")
UNENDING has appeared in zero puzzles. ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/879 "2024-11-23T19:31:18Z")
So unless the 7th letter was the middle letter, that’s that then. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/880 "2024-11-23T20:07:24Z")
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