NYT Spelling Bee drives me crazy

Can someone tell me what’s wrong with aright? Also, with all the other foreign dish words they use, what’s wrong with atta, a whole wheat flour used in Indian cooking?

Well, yes, I know what it is.

A word I knew existed but could not have defined for any money. But now I know!

Today was a toughie. I still don’t have the pangram

I finally got the pangram, as @BlankSlate did, by trying combos. I had to look up its meaning.

Since finding out about the “Pangram first” badge I’ve been going for it, but this one stumped me. It was the last word that I found.

And @needscoffee thanks for the explanation of NOUVELLE

I couldn’t figure it out - not even after giving up and looking at the reader clues. I finally had to go to SBSolver.com.

Hmm, MAGA types aren’t going to like the Presidents Day letter selection. Maybe they don’t play word games though.

I saw that.

Hahaha. I noticed that too but didn’t make the connection to the holiday. No way that wasn’t intentional.

… or a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan, but that’s too arcane a reference to even need blurring.

Unfortunately, BDEIJNO doesn’t produce a pangram.

I’ve been going for that even before they made the badge, but have increased my efforts since. It’s the only badge I care about. Today, I received my Pangram First 200 badge.

On the other hand, yesterday was the first time in quite a while that I haven’t gotten a QB. Even with clues, I could not guess what fried Punjabi bread was.

Ha! I noticed it, but didn’t make the connection to President’s Day, and assumed it was merely a coincidence. Clever boy, Sam!

For the first time in a while, I couldn’t get to Genius – this is for Sunday, Feb.15 (I think), the one that includes the pangram PARAGRAPH.
Is it just me, or was this a toughie? Later today, I’ll check what I’m missing.

That was a tough one and the word you mentioned was not a pangram. I got to G without getting a pangram and it took a while.

Today is one of the easiest in a long time. Not even long enough to be bor-ING.

So I guess he’s not PWNING us today. (Yes, I tried that one.)

I got well past G without breaking a sweat but am still almost 50 points from QB. I’ll chip away at it throughout the day.

Me neither, and it really pissed me off because I had some in the freezer!

Once again, they totally disregard CATAMITE. (I don’t think I really need to spoiler that, but did it just in case.)