# 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:** 59
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1161 "2025-02-21T15:03:26Z")
One of the words I frequently miss is NONILLION, so it surprised me that today’s Spelling Bee did not accept NONILLIONTH. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1162 "2025-02-21T15:50:07Z")
Yeah, annoying especially given today’s Pangram. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1163 "2025-02-21T16:56:38Z")
Ah, thanks for reminding me. I knew something bugged me in today’s Bee. NONILLIONTH was disallowed the first time it appeared in 2018, then was accepted three times through 2020, and has been banned ever since. Today is the first time it would have been a Pangram. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1164 "2025-02-21T17:11:24Z")
Not a pangram - no R. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1165 "2025-02-21T17:59:27Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Today is the first time it would have been a Pangram. That kind of thing won’t happen. Except in the case of spelling variations, either a word is composed of 7 different letters, in which case it would always be a pangram, or it’s not. Can’t be a pangram some times and not others. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1166 "2025-02-22T00:39:31Z")
Ha ha, whoops, that was nonsensical. My bad. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1167 "2025-02-22T20:23:56Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Ah, thanks for reminding me. I knew something bugged me in today’s Bee. > > NONILLIONTH was disallowed the first time it appeared in 2018, then was accepted three times through 2020, and has been banned ever since. Today is the first time it would have been a Pangram. How do you come up with this information? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1168 "2025-02-22T20:28:22Z")
Well, the last sentence was disinformation, but the rest from [here](https://www.sbsolver.com/answers). There’s a ‘history’ tab that lets you search for individual words. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1169 "2025-02-23T13:15:07Z")
Still slogging through today’s lengthy offering - 50-some words and still not to Genius yet. But why no PLAICE? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1170 "2025-02-23T13:51:36Z")
Yeah, I tried that. Apparently he doesn’t like that, or a certain kind of boat. It’s definitely a slog, I might not finish it. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1171 "2025-02-23T17:26:15Z")
I agree that today’s Spelling Bee is more of a slog than fun. Only my need to complete things is getting me through it. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1172 "2025-02-23T18:23:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Still slogging through today’s lengthy offering - 50-some words and still not to Genius yet. At 55 words, but just barely Genius. Long ways to go for QB. I will note that PINEAL gland(word I’ve complained about before, if that helps anyone) is accepted this time, although ANILINE is still not. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1173 "2025-02-23T18:37:19Z")
Finally finished, helped by considering words appearing in previous puzzles. Needed a clue for the last word (which was also the least-found one overall), which I did not know. But yeah - not much fun today. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1174 "2025-02-23T21:56:44Z")
Also not accepting PINNA (outer part of the ear), which I think I’ve mentioned before. Strange about PLAICE, given Sam’s fascination with food. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1175 "2025-02-24T05:57:16Z")
Yes, annoyed here too by the omission of PINNA, ANILINE and PLAICE, as well as the type of boat. And it took me 56 words to get to Genius, even with 3 pangrams found. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1176 "2025-02-24T06:42:30Z")
48 words with three pangrams and I’m not close. I may just give up. It’s getting late. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1177 "2025-02-24T13:16:06Z")
I’m sorry, but both tattily and tinnily are 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:** [February 24, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1178 "2025-02-24T13:29:53Z")
I finished yesterday’s at 0 dark 30 this morning. Many words that exist weren’t in yesterday’s or today’s Bee.The last week or so has been mostly tedious. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1179 "2025-02-25T15:02:49Z")
Today was by far the quickest trip to Genius of all time ---
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1180 "2025-02-25T15:33:32Z")
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