# 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:** 85
**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 7, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1681 "2025-07-07T09:33:02Z")
Heh. Accepted today: FART Not accepted: TURD ---
**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 7, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1682 "2025-07-07T10:23:15Z")
Right? Why wasn’t your second word accepted?? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1683 "2025-07-07T11:09:42Z")
Yup. … ---
**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 7, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1684 "2025-07-07T11:13:44Z")
I mean, we all tried it. ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1685 "2025-07-07T13:59:09Z")
For sure. I even tried it twice, thinking perhaps I misspelled it (I’m a touch typist). First time in forever that I didn’t have to consult the clues to finish, so I’m happy with that. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1686 "2025-07-07T15:58:39Z")
Today was somewhat annoying. I’d gotten all but one 4-letter word and I didn’t want to go to the hints just for that. The best solutions are those without hints and I surely could get a single four-letter word, right? So I was trying all kinds of potential words without success. Until I remembered there are a few accepted words, or maybe just this one, without vowels. ---
**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 7, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1687 "2025-07-07T15:59:54Z")
Well, it goes with FART. ---
**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 7, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1688 "2025-07-07T18:06:44Z")
I didn’t even have to unspoil to know exactly what that is. ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1689 "2025-07-08T11:47:18Z")
What a funny omission: OXIDANT is to OXIDATION, as ANTIOXIDANT is to…?. ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1690 "2025-07-08T11:58:28Z")
I definitely tried that! ---
**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 8, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1691 "2025-07-08T12:44:25Z")
ANNATTO and DOODAD are my bugaboos. ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1692 "2025-07-09T10:31:00Z")
Mine too (along with MENTEE). A quick run to Genius today, but still plowing onward. ---
**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 9, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1693 "2025-07-09T11:03:49Z")
Yes, a quick jaunt without any 4LW, going to stop there. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1694 "2025-07-11T19:38:47Z")
Two days in a row getting to QB without clues or hints. I’ve done this before a couple times, but never had three in a row. So going for three tomorrow. Yeah, I know I’m jinxing it by announcing it, but I’m not superstitious. And it didn’t help not announcing it the previous time, so there’s that. ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1695 "2025-07-11T19:50:05Z")
Tomorrow will end up being one of those monsters with UN and ING, and you’ll have to try every combination of UN and a word to see what Sam considers an acceptable negative. ---
**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 12, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1696 "2025-07-12T12:24:03Z")
200 points for Genius, and there is a U and N! No -ing though. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1697 "2025-07-12T15:28:41Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > 200 points for Genius I’m already at 252 points, but QB is 290. Have not found any words beginning wtih U yet. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1698 "2025-07-12T15:33:32Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Have not found any words beginning wtih U yet. Uncial, but it’s not accepted. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1699 "2025-07-12T15:36:56Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Uncial, but it’s not accepted. That was one of the first words I tried. I think it’s been accepted previously, but I could be misremembering. ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1700 "2025-07-12T15:47:36Z")
I feel like responding either way is a spoiler, so I’ll spoiler my response either way: UNCUT for sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=86)