# 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:** 66
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1301 "2025-03-29T17:36:43Z")
No bract? (blurred in case it’s too close to an accepted word) ---
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1302 "2025-03-29T18:11:34Z")
There are some fun words today, though. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1303 "2025-03-30T15:43:49Z")
Am I wrong in thinking that if HIED is acceptable, HIEING should be too? ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1304 "2025-03-30T20:28:20Z")
Good lord today was a pain in the ass ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1305 "2025-03-30T20:34:02Z")
We had guests today, but I got stuck early on & am going to have to go back to it. Three-vowel puzzles are sometimes a problem for me. ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1306 "2025-03-30T21:16:06Z")
The E being mandatory takes a lot of the fun out of the ING ---
**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 31, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1307 "2025-03-31T18:43:51Z")
I was five points from Genius and was stuck so I just started fucking around with combinations and found to my delight that BACKCOMB is a word. ---
**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 31, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1308 "2025-03-31T18:47:29Z")
I was shocked how hard that -ING puzzle was. Usually, those are a romp to Genius or at least Amazing. And, was the -ence used at all (I don’t recall). ---
**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 31, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1309 "2025-03-31T18:50:15Z")
It was, though maybe not how you meant it - hence. ---
**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 31, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1310 "2025-03-31T19:03:14Z")
Haha! Yeah, that doesn’t count. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1311 "2025-04-01T10:00:16Z")
I think today’s puzzle has the same letters as Sunday. Not sure if I needed to blur that. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1312 "2025-04-01T10:15:33Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Not sure if I needed to blur that. You should, since the pangram is the same. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1313 "2025-04-01T10:36:08Z")
Man I hate April Fools. ETA On the other hand, I got to Genius fast enough to edit this post. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1314 "2025-04-01T10:55:31Z")
Well, obviously. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1315 "2025-04-01T11:17:44Z")
The joke was lost on me because Sunday was the first time in a long time that I was too busy even to look at the puzzle. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1316 "2025-04-01T15:11:51Z")
I accidentally tried GNOCCHI on Sunday and then completely forgot it today. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1317 "2025-04-02T08:23:48Z")
You’d think that, after a two year pandemic caused by a virus that jumped from animals to humans, they’d recognise the word ZOONOTIC, but _nooooo_ 😡 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1318 "2025-04-02T10:57:26Z")
Or [ZOOTIC](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/zootic). ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1319 "2025-04-03T06:12:17Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > You’d think that, after a two year pandemic caused by a virus that jumped from animals to humans, they’d recognise the word ZOONOTIC, but _nooooo_ 😡 Just what I came here to post 🤬 ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1320 "2025-04-03T09:15:00Z")
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