Yeah, that was the fastest I ever got to Queen Bee.
Have we ever had a puzzle that only used word starting with one letter?
Certainly the fastest I’ve gotten to Genius.
Maybe I’ll go back and have a run at Queen bee.
I dimly remember it happening once before, but it’s possible that the other puzzle used two letters.
July 4th, 2024. All 18 words began with (Jgilnoy) a J. It was annoying that time too.
That must have been what I was thinking of. Thanks!
Why WHININGLY but not WHINGINGLY?
Whinge/whingeing/whinging are only recent additions. For a long time, he didn’t recognize the word at all. So, I guess it takes time to get all of the variations?
Right? I typed it a couple of times to be sure.
Queen Bee today. No hints. For the third time ever.
Way to go!
ETA: your post inspired me to go finish, and so I did! Also a rare QB for me (I also don’t use hints).
Congratulations
Friday: There will come a day when I will remember the word MENTEE without blanking on it for hours. But that day is not this one.
Otherwise, not too shabby.
Haha. I knew that was the word without looking first.
It’s been five years, but I still try CENTIME every time. Give it back. Also, even though it’s appeared 46 times, MENTEE still slips my mind too.
Today was kind of fun, and different. The debut for RADICCHIO, ORCHARD, CHADOR, HAIRDO and ORCHID. I did not get CHADOR.
If they have NONILLION they should have NONILLIONTH
I tried lienee, not for the first time.
I also find this game a bit annoying. I often come up with five or more unlisted valid words. This is particularly bothersome when they are long. So usually I just try to guess the pangrams and leave it at that.
“If TRANSAM is not a valid word, then how did I drive home, huh?”
Gift link to an article in today’s New York Times about the Spelling Bee puzzle of March 12, which was the 2,500th Spelling Bee puzzle and the first one to include the letter S.
Like PALATIALLY today