# 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:** 67
**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 3, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1321 "2025-04-03T10:34:33Z")
Yeah, that was the fastest I ever got to Queen Bee. Have we ever had a puzzle that only used word starting with one letter? ---
**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 3, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1322 "2025-04-03T11:36:36Z")
Certainly the fastest I’ve gotten to Genius. Maybe I’ll go back and have a run at Queen bee. ---
**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 3, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1323 "2025-04-03T12:46:47Z")
I dimly remember it happening once before, but it’s possible that the other puzzle used two letters. ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1324 "2025-04-03T14:08:35Z")
July 4th, 2024. All 18 words began with (Jgilnoy) a J. It was annoying that time too. ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1325 "2025-04-03T14:11:21Z")
That must have been what I was thinking of. Thanks! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1326 "2025-04-03T14:11:23Z")
Why WHININGLY but not WHINGINGLY? ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1327 "2025-04-03T14:12:24Z")
Whinge/whingeing/whinging are only recent additions. For a long time, he didn’t recognize the word at all. So, I guess it takes time to get all of the variations? ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1328 "2025-04-03T14:51:06Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Why WHININGLY but not WHINGINGLY? Right? I typed it a couple of times to be sure. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1329 "2025-04-04T01:09:19Z")
Queen Bee today. No hints. For the third time ever. ---
**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 4, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1330 "2025-04-04T01:15:21Z")
Way to go! ETA: your post inspired me to go finish, and so I did! Also a rare QB for me (I also don’t use hints). ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1331 "2025-04-04T01:51:40Z")
Congratulations ---
**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 4, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1332 "2025-04-04T09:56:58Z")
Friday: There will come a day when I will remember the word MENTEE without blanking on it for hours. But that day is not this one. Otherwise, not too shabby. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1333 "2025-04-04T13:55:56Z")
Haha. I _knew_ that was the word without looking first. ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1334 "2025-04-04T14:00:33Z")
It’s been five years, but I still try CENTIME every time. Give it back. Also, even though it’s appeared 46 times, MENTEE still slips my mind too. ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1335 "2025-04-05T15:20:11Z")
Today was kind of fun, and different. The debut for RADICCHIO, ORCHARD, CHADOR, HAIRDO and ORCHID. I did not get CHADOR. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1336 "2025-04-06T19:18:53Z")
If they have NONILLION they should have NONILLIONTH ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1337 "2025-04-06T19:25:21Z")
I tried lienee, not for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1338 "2025-04-06T19:28:22Z")
I also find this game a bit annoying. I often come up with five or more unlisted valid words. This is particularly bothersome when they are long. So usually I just try to guess the pangrams and leave it at that. “If TRANSAM is not a valid word, then how did I drive home, huh?” ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1339 "2025-04-06T20:19:00Z")
[Gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/pageoneplus/spelling-bee-s.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k4.M3_c.o76TAC1hiHFv&smid=url-share) to an article in today’s New York Times about the Spelling Bee puzzle of March 12, which was the 2,500th Spelling Bee puzzle and the first one to include the letter S. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1340 "2025-04-07T12:18:53Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I also find this game a bit annoying. I often come up with five or more unlisted valid words. This is particularly bothersome when they are long. So usually I just try to guess the pangrams and leave it at that. Like PALATIALLY today [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=68)