The NYT Spelling Bee Thread

One down yesterday (googol, and i should have seen it).  Two down today and probably quitting.

(with hints, as usual)


Hieing was the word I missed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


KarenMarlowe said:

Hieing was the word I missed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

for me "hieing" wasn't the only one I missed....I also missed "gigging" and "zine"

Today, I"m nowhere near QB...still 8 short and not seeing any of them; oh well, or not so well, as the case may be


alha said:

for me "hieing" wasn't the only one I missed....I also missed "gigging" and "zine"

Today, I"m nowhere near QB...still 8 short and not seeing any of them; oh well, or not so well, as the case may be

I think I’m 9 short today.


jimmurphy said:

Me too. Despite knowing that they don't seem to ever add words.

I wonder if that "Think we missed a word?" address on the Hints page has ever resulted in any change whatsoever.

They have added some. I remember a word not counting one day then it counting just a few days later. “Poppet,” maybe? Also “Tallit” was added, I think. 


Breaking my streak of being close to QB today... many words missing. grin


zucca said:

They have added some. I remember a word not counting one day then it counting just a few days later. “Poppet,” maybe? Also “Tallit” was added, I think. 

Absolutely. It used to reject “tallit” every time. 


I found the latest one (Wed March 22) fairly easy to get out.


marksierra said:

I found the latest one (Wed March 22) fairly easy to get out.

Just got QB, too.


I have 7-8 points to go but not seeing it yet. 


jimmurphy said:

Just got QB, too.

QB for me too and agree that it was pretty easy today, though i did struggle a bit to get the final word  question


QB -2 at the moment. I'll give it some more time after work.

Update:  I couldn't wait.  Went back and finished.  First QB in a while.


Got it as well. First one in a bit. 


Me too. Thanks for the push!


I got it for the first time yesterday!


... very impressive that.8 of us made it to QB yesterday... question


I just discovered Blossom, a similar game to Spelling Bee, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's the link if you want to check it out:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/games


alha said:

I just discovered Blossom, a similar game to Spelling Bee, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's the link if you want to check it out:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/games

Thanks for this.

Only miss yesterday was falloff. Gotta get that in the brain somehow.


alha said:

I just discovered Blossom, a similar game to Spelling Bee, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's the link if you want to check it out:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/games

thanks for this. Not a fan of how they move lucky and unlucky around, but otherwise it was fun.


jfinnegan said:

alha said:

I just discovered Blossom, a similar game to Spelling Bee, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's the link if you want to check it out:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/games

thanks for this. Not a fan of how they move lucky and unlucky around, but otherwise it was fun.

That's fun game.  Much quicker to play than Spelling Bee with a different goal.


jimmurphy said:

alha said:

I just discovered Blossom, a similar game to Spelling Bee, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's the link if you want to check it out:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/games

Thanks for this.

Only miss yesterday was falloff. Gotta get that in the brain somehow.

I got the QB yesterday, but I needed a hint to get my last word -- "afro"  long face


Nice! I just got it today. It took a lot of staring before the last word revealed itself. 


Just got QB. One tricky word.


QB for March 26 game.

It's a short one.  I used the hints for some of the words, one of which was not one I might normally use.


marksierra said:

QB for March 26 game.

It's a short one.  I used the hints for some of the words, one of which was not one I might normally use.

I, too, got QB and I had to use the hints for the last word. 


Also Queen Bee today! I don’t think I would have gotten it if I hadn’t remembered one word from previous Spelling Bees. 


Me too!!


(I always need the hints, but I don't find them to be 'spoilers' at all.)


QB again today. Too easy.

Very low word count. Had Genius in about one minute.


jimmurphy said:

QB again today. Too easy.

Very low word count. Had Genius in about one minute.

same here...way too short and way too easy today  question


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