# 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:** 93
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1841 "2025-07-30T04:45:47Z")
If “rectified” means “changed back to the way I’m used to”, don’t hold your breath. If you want to discuss it, there’s a thread in Site Feedback about the changes. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1842 "2025-07-30T04:48:13Z")
Already there. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1843 "2025-07-30T08:26:04Z")
I guess Sam doesn’t participate in NONCONTACT sports. Disappointed, but not surprised, that ONCOGENE is not accepted, ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1844 "2025-07-30T19:05:30Z")
Sam likes music but not poetry, CANTATA is ok, not CANTO ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1845 "2025-07-30T19:32:54Z")
No CONNOTATE (blurred because it’s close to an accepted word). ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1846 "2025-07-30T20:05:50Z")
I tried that too ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1847 "2025-07-31T00:27:52Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > and > > LUNULA Remember that word, and the same word with an “e” on the end. They come up every so often. ---
**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 31, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1848 "2025-07-31T04:30:10Z")
Tough one today, with 3 words I’d never heard before. Usually I try to solve without resorting to clues, but even with clues these 3 were challenging: CONCATENATE, ECOTAGE, OCTANT ---
**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 31, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1849 "2025-07-31T04:55:17Z")
I knew at got the first and third, not the middle one. ---
**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 31, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1850 "2025-07-31T11:43:56Z")
Ah, Sam’s no fun. No GANGBANG, GANGBANGING, or BALLBAG . Also no BAIRN. Re: yesterday - I only know LUNULA from previous appearances here, but it’s a fun word to know. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1851 "2025-08-02T04:13:55Z")
Sam’s love of obscure fabrics and NANKEEN strikes again. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1852 "2025-08-03T16:38:58Z")
Got to G with a little bit of trouble. Two disallowed words annoyed ANOLE and YEGG ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1853 "2025-08-03T16:48:12Z")
Also ENOL One thing that amused me and caused a forehead smack because I didn’t get it until the end was genealogy . It’s only been my hobby for 30 years. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1854 "2025-08-03T16:51:47Z")
That second word you listed as one of my “favorite words that will never be included”. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1855 "2025-08-04T08:37:55Z")
Man, cute furry animals just can’t get a break - no CARACAL, no FENNEC and today still no DEGU. [![](https://www.petscorner.co.uk/Images/Article/large/pc-ah-degu-guide-article.jpg) ](https://www.petscorner.co.uk/Images/Article/large/pc-ah-degu-guide-article.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1856 "2025-08-05T06:20:46Z")
Tropical flora and fauna are also underappreciated, as not seen in recent days: no ANOLE or LIANA. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1857 "2025-08-05T06:42:26Z")
Has it ever accepted LIANA? Not since I’ve been playing and that’s over 4 years. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1858 "2025-08-05T07:12:20Z")
I don’t know whether LIANA has ever been accepted; to clarify, when I said “not seen in recent days” I meant that I saw it in a recent puzzle but that it wasn’t in the list of accepted words. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1859 "2025-08-05T09:26:48Z")
It must have been accepted at some point, because I recognize the word from somewhere and I have no idea what it means. What about bunkum for today? That’s a real word for sure. (Spoiled because it has an acceptable answer in it. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739/1860 "2025-08-05T10:04:26Z")
Yeah, that one was a disappointment. A perfectly cromulent word. > [@RitterSport](#): > > It must have been accepted at some point, because I recognize the word from somewhere and I have no idea what it means. Tarzan stories? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-drives-me-crazy/994739.md?page=94)