# 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:** 78
**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:** [June 3, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1541 "2025-06-03T23:31:23Z")
Someone on reddit provided an impressively detailed chronology. > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/NYTSpellingBee/comments/1l2jodi/a_chronology_of_todays_two_spelling_bees/)** ---
**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:** [June 3, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1542 "2025-06-03T23:32:34Z")
Yesterday’s puzzle was fine with ‘umami’ but rejected ‘unagi’. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1543 "2025-06-03T23:39:46Z")
That chronology says that Spelling Bee Buddy was for the second set of letters but I _think_ it was for the original, first set of letters. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1544 "2025-06-04T00:24:50Z")
That’s today’s puzzle, so I’ve asked for a spoiler tag. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1545 "2025-06-04T01:13:37Z")
Ah crap, sorry. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1546 "2025-06-04T01:14:20Z")
Clearly, you’re not the only person whose Bee was confusing today! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1547 "2025-06-04T01:41:04Z")
It’ll be funny to see the reaction if tomorrow’s Bee is the one aborted today. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1548 "2025-06-04T10:03:34Z")
The second pangram for yesterday’s second puzzle was mulligan! So appropriate. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1549 "2025-06-08T12:21:27Z")
Grrr. After being disallowed 48 times, we’re now tasked with remembering freaking ANNATTO. I guess Sam had some Latin-American cuisine last week. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1550 "2025-06-08T15:14:53Z")
Today’s puzzle gave me all sorts of trouble. My brain was fuzzy for some reason and I had to resort to clues. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1551 "2025-06-08T16:57:55Z")
Genius or QB? I happened to have a fairly easy time getting to Genius today which is ordinarily where I stop. If I get there early I’ll sometimes check in a couple more times to see if a new word pops out at me. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1552 "2025-06-08T17:19:36Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Genius or QB? Genius level. What’s really annoying is that most of the words I couldn’t dredge up were stupidly common and simple. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1553 "2025-06-08T17:20:19Z")
I’m with you man, getting to Genius today was more work than usual for me. I do find that - on average - three-vowel puzzles are more difficult for me. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1554 "2025-06-08T17:22:19Z")
To be clear: “stupidly”, “common”, and “simple” were not words in the puzzle, so no need to blur. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1555 "2025-06-08T17:39:32Z")
I wonder why DOPANT is not accepted. It’s not _that_ technical a word, is it? ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1556 "2025-06-08T20:05:14Z")
that would have been one of the WTF words that usually confirm I’d never made QB and make me feel stopping after genius was the right decision. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1557 "2025-06-08T23:30:58Z")
I found no fewer than 6 English words that he didn’t accept. A couple are somewhat recherché, but definitely English, unlike annatto: dado, pion, inondation, dopant, inanition, natation. Really, Sam, get a dictionary. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1558 "2025-06-09T00:01:20Z")
I’ve tried dado previously. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1559 "2025-06-09T00:36:12Z")
DADO has been rejected 67 times now, but there will be justice someday. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1560 "2025-06-09T00:49:29Z")
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