# 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:** 84
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1661 "2025-07-01T14:15:42Z")
Why no BOBBY? British cop. Type of hairpin ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1662 "2025-07-01T15:15:35Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Why no BOBBY? That was one of my first words, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1663 "2025-07-01T15:34:53Z")
Agreed! Also, I have never in my life seen BOGEYMEN spelled with only one O (or pluralized, for that matter) ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1664 "2025-07-01T17:57:41Z")
I think that’s the British spelling. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1665 "2025-07-01T21:04:41Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I think that’s the British spelling But for all the other words with both US and British spelling, we only get the US spelling. Why would this one be different? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1666 "2025-07-01T21:20:43Z")
The ways of the Sam are mysterious. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1667 "2025-07-01T21:44:35Z")
Had a terrible time with today’s puzzle. Never did find a pangram, but I guess that’s not a given. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1668 "2025-07-02T06:15:28Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Agreed! Also, I have never in my life seen BOGEYMEN spelled with only one O (or pluralized, for that matter) I just checked the synopsis for the only place I’ve heard the pangram used, the Laurel and Hardy film Babes in Toyland, and it’s spelled with only one O there for some reason. And @Chefguy I had a hard time with it too. Several words looked bogus to 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:** [July 2, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1669 "2025-07-02T11:44:21Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Several words looked bogus to me. I don’t know about bogus, but certainly obscure. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1670 "2025-07-03T10:02:15Z")
You think that all the chemical elements, such as LUTETIUM would be accepted, but no. Not the first in that category to be rejected, though. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1671 "2025-07-03T10:55:44Z")
Still no MILT or TUILE. Ah well. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1672 "2025-07-03T15:29:30Z")
All of that obscure food but not VITTLES. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1673 "2025-07-03T15:39:22Z")
I tried the singular and was rejected. It’s a slang word and out of usage, so perhaps that’s the problem. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1674 "2025-07-03T15:40:52Z")
Obviously I meant the singular because we don’t have an S. Maybe that was the issue. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1675 "2025-07-03T15:52:31Z")
TIL Tender Vittles was discontinued in 2007. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1676 "2025-07-03T18:33:17Z")
Not only has VICTUAL never appeared in a puzzle, it’s never been eligible. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1677 "2025-07-04T08:59:26Z")
Dammit, Sam, what do you have against cute animals? If it’s not caracals, it’s fennecs. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1678 "2025-07-04T11:45:01Z")
I tried it, though I’ve only ever seen it attached to the word ‘fox’. I saw the point total today and almost abandoned it at the beginning, but it didn’t prove too tough. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1679 "2025-07-04T23:31:33Z")
Yeah, it was pretty easy. And four pangrams! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1680 "2025-07-05T00:39:16Z")
Those pangrams have come up before, but with a different index letter (F). And only half the record number, which is 8. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=85)