# 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:** 87
**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 14, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1721 "2025-07-14T13:29:36Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And how do you both feel about that? I feel like I need to kick somebody’s ass. ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1722 "2025-07-14T14:02:19Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > That was the easiest trip to Genius for me in a while but reading over my word list gave me a headache. English is weird. I kept going and I have 192 now so five or six short of QB without hints. There goes the rest of the day until I get there. ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1723 "2025-07-14T14:27:50Z")
::backs away slowly:: ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1724 "2025-07-14T14:46:59Z")
All those, plus GIMME, GOTTA and KINDA, but not LEMME. ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1725 "2025-07-14T14:50:29Z")
I was just happy to see a different set of letters. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1726 "2025-07-14T15:38:23Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > reading over my word list gave me a headache. English is weird. You’re not wrong. I pity anyone trying to learn how to pronounce it as a second language. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > All those, plus GIMME, GOTTA and KINDA, but not LEMME. I keep thinking CANNA falls into that category in some Scottish way, but it’s apparently a flower. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1727 "2025-07-14T15:52:40Z")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Canna_sp.jpg/960px-Canna_sp.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Canna_sp.jpg/960px-Canna_sp.jpg) CANNA ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1728 "2025-07-14T16:01:34Z")
Can 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:** [July 14, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1729 "2025-07-14T16:42:54Z")
Today I am your Queen. No hints. ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1730 "2025-07-14T16:57:15Z")
Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1731 "2025-07-14T18:38:54Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Today I am your Queen. No hints. Congrats! I note that Sam is especially RUTHless today, moreso than usual. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1732 "2025-07-14T21:56:48Z")
I was hoping for BUGOUT. Never heard of a BURGOT before. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1733 "2025-07-14T23:30:48Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I was hoping for BUGOUT. Ditto for HOTTUB and RUBOUT, neither of which were accepted. > [@needscoffee](#): > > Never heard of a BURGOT before. Had to look that one up afterward. I did get it, but only after going to hints and then guessing a lot plausible words starting with the first two letters. Looking at the clue would not have helped. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1734 "2025-07-14T23:33:39Z")
I just guessed to get burgot. ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1735 "2025-07-15T00:23:58Z")
It’s BURBOT you weirdos. ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1736 "2025-07-15T00:31:18Z")
No, no, no, it’s TURBOT you silly people. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1737 "2025-07-15T00:35:19Z")
Sorry. That is what I meant. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1738 "2025-07-15T00:49:59Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s BURBOT you weirdos Oops! Fat fingers on a cell phone. ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1739 "2025-07-15T00:51:25Z")
I really thought I was being pranked somehow. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1740 "2025-07-15T04:23:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I just guessed to get burgot. Me too. I often find that typing in plausible non-words helps me find real words in the puzzle. Usually because they will remind me of an actual word; less often, as in this case, because my “non-word” turns out to be a real word that I didn’t know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=88)