# 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:** 48
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/941 "2024-12-20T02:36:41Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I definitely know that word and have eaten them had had them in my home Ditto. My daughter’s a fan. Didn’t stop me from missing it, though. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/942 "2024-12-20T02:54:10Z")
Wasn’t coho a word, and then not a word again? Seems like it’s back on. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/943 "2024-12-20T03:15:01Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Wasn’t coho a word, and then not a word again? Well, it’s always been a fish. Whether it was accepted in this puzzle or not doesn’t change that. At any rate, I can’t recall it ever being rejected. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/944 "2024-12-20T03:35:41Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Ditto. My daughter’s a fan. Literally same. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/945 "2024-12-20T04:01:07Z")
Not that I got it 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:** [December 20, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/946 "2024-12-20T04:28:28Z")
COHO has been accepted all 49 times it’s come up. You might be thinking of OPAH, which was accepted 17 times, but rejected in the past 8 occurances. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/947 "2024-12-20T04:47:09Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > > [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > > > but he has mochi a word I’ve never heard of > > Yeah, I haven’t heard of it either. I got it by semi-random guessing. Same with me: hadn’t heard of it, got it by guessing. It’s annoying when it’s an obscure-to-me word like that, but now that I’m shooting for Queen Bee most days (thanks to Spelling Bee Buddy), what’s even more annoying is not being able to see fairly ordinary words I _do_ know. I was looking for a four letter word starting GO, and systematically going through every combination – GOCC, GOCH, GOCI, and so on – until I got to GONG. D’oh! 😳 ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/948 "2024-12-20T08:00:36Z")
This is why, when I’m stuck on the last few words, I look at the chart on the Spellng Bee Buddy that indicates how many people have found a word. Usually they’re obscure, but if over 50% have found one it means I’m blanking on a common one. And my daughter is also a fan of mochi. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/949 "2024-12-20T10:22:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I look at the chart on the Spellng Bee Buddy that indicates how many people have found a word. Yeah, I sometimes do that. Doesn’t really help much. Right now, I’m down to only 7 points to go to get QB _without_ using the hints. This is where figuring out exactly how many points there are pays off. Well, to some extent; it lets me avoid trying for a longer word. It doesn’t tell me what the first letter of the last word is, though. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/950 "2024-12-20T10:52:56Z")
Ah, yes, thanks. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/951 "2024-12-20T19:52:42Z")
Ha ha, it took me way to long to understand why it wasn’t accepting WALLABEE. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/952 "2024-12-20T20:10:08Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > why it wasn’t accepting WALLABEE. You don’t have to spoiler a word that is not accepted, unless it’s too close to a word that is. In this case, it isn’t necessary. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/953 "2024-12-20T20:12:52Z")
I guess that’s true. Thanks for pointing that out. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/954 "2024-12-21T03:32:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > This is why, when I’m stuck on the last few words, I look at the chart on the Spellng Bee Buddy that indicates how many people have found a word. Usually they’re obscure, but if over 50% have found one it means I’m blanking on a common one. Yep, it’s like they’re saying, “You idiot, everybody else managed to find that word!” ---
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/955 "2024-12-21T05:58:29Z")
I used to be neutral about BAOBAB trees, but now, thanks to this game, I find them annoying. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/956 "2024-12-21T08:04:49Z")
You and the Little Prince. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/957 "2024-12-22T14:37:23Z")
Sunday: Getting tired of the random selection of UN- words again. Also - I thought BUNTLINE made a perfectly good pangram. I know the Colt is capitalized but the knot is, er, not. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/958 "2024-12-22T20:26:37Z")
Yeah, that seems like a perfectly valid word. INUTILE, on the other hand, can get launched into the sun. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/959 "2024-12-22T20:32:11Z")
I had to Google the definition of that word (inutile), though having done so, it’s ironic as the definition perfectly fits the word. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/960 "2024-12-22T20:34:04Z")
It’s one of those words that if a friend used it in middle school, you’d punch him really hard in the arm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=49)