# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1281 "2025-03-22T21:07:43Z")
What earns you a Queen Bee? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1282 "2025-03-22T21:20:38Z")
Getting 100% of the words. The QB score is double or double minus 1 of the Amazing score so you have a good idea if you are close if you keep going after Genius. In case you don’t know, four letter words are one point, all other words are one point for each letter that they contain with a seven point bonus if it’s a pangram. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1283 "2025-03-22T21:55:45Z")
I guess I didn’t realize that one could continue past the Amazing point. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1284 "2025-03-23T02:34:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I guess I didn’t realize that one could continue past the Amazing point I assume you mean Genius there, since there’s nothing stopping you from going past Amazing. When the screen comes up telling you you’ve reached Genius, there’s a place to click labeled “Keep Playing” in the upper right corner. Click that and you can keep going. You’ll get another screen for Queen Bee if you ever reach that. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1285 "2025-03-23T04:46:11Z")
GOLDMINING would have been a great pangram ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1286 "2025-03-23T13:10:32Z")
Tried it! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1287 "2025-03-23T18:11:55Z")
In the same vein (sic) I tried DURANGO the other day. Not accepted, obvs, but would have been a perfect pangram (the actual one being AGROUND). ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1288 "2025-03-24T12:24:04Z")
Sunday’s Spelling Bee accepted CYCLIC, CYCLICAL, and CYCLICALLY, as well as ACYCLIC, but not ACYCLICAL or ACYCLICALLY. 🤔 ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1289 "2025-03-24T12:43:43Z")
Yeah, and I try it every time. As for today, BIOLAB is right there in Merriam-Webster, don’t strain yourself omitting it, Sam. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1290 "2025-03-24T13:47:27Z")
Monday: no [DIABOLO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabolo) (or alternative spelling DIABLO). ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1291 "2025-03-24T15:49:23Z")
Just hit Genius but what’s notable is that it was DILDO that put me over the top. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1292 "2025-03-25T20:25:08Z")
Got to Genius after some struggle, then went on to get three Pangrams, 43 words and 222 points, but no QB. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1293 "2025-03-25T21:50:57Z")
The number of pangrams is a (mild) spoiler. I don’t want to know how many there are. No big deal but I’d appreciate it if you’d hide that sort of thing in the future. There should be 269 or 270 total points for QB. Don’t give up. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1294 "2025-03-25T21:58:04Z")
same. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1295 "2025-03-25T22:34:29Z")
Oopsy. It didn’t appear that people were posting scores and such in the thread. I’ll do better. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1296 "2025-03-27T17:51:34Z")
I’m 7 points from QB without using hints. Very disappointed the last word is not COPEPOD. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1297 "2025-03-27T18:00:14Z")
Gack! There are more than 7 points?? Can you spoil that next time? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1298 "2025-03-29T07:59:42Z")
And what, pray tell, is wrong with ADIABATIC? Not cromulent enough? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1299 "2025-03-29T08:49:55Z")
If TRIAD is acceptable, why not TRIADIC? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1300 "2025-03-29T09:23:31Z")
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