The NYT Spelling Bee Thread
mjc said:
Yes, "netty" was just a shot in the dark.
Agreed. The kind of thing you guess when your son already reached Queen Bee so you just have to.
KarenMarlowe said:
Agreed. Stabbing wildly. Missed QB by one: "excellence." How even? Oh well...
So you got excellent, excel, and excellency, but not excellence?
Ouch.
Been stuck at QB-1 all day. Keep going back and shuffling, and nada…
ml1 said:
KarenMarlowe said:
Agreed. Stabbing wildly. Missed QB by one: "excellence." How even? Oh well...
So you got excellent, excel, and excellency, but not excellence?
Ouch.
Yup. Doh!
jimmurphy said:
Been stuck at QB-1 all day. Keep going back and shuffling, and nada…
I am not even at genius. Been a very busy day...
After a long dry spell, I finally got to QB today. 
It's only the second time this year that I've managed to go the distance.
alha said:
After a long dry spell, I finally got to QB today.It's only the second time this year that I've managed to go the distance.
Way to go!
alha said:
After a long dry spell, I finally got to QB today.It's only the second time this year that I've managed to go the distance.
Woot! Congrats! I've been calling it at genius lately. I always have an ebb and flow with the puzzles I do.
KarenMarlowe said:
alha said:
After a long dry spell, I finally got to QB today.It's only the second time this year that I've managed to go the distance. Woot! Congrats! I've been calling it at genius lately. I always have an ebb and flow with the puzzles I do.
I’m letting go a bit too. Hit a wall at 22/131 and didn’t really go back because I wasn’t making progress.
jimmurphy said:
KarenMarlowe said:
alha said:
After a long dry spell, I finally got to QB today.It's only the second time this year that I've managed to go the distance. Woot! Congrats! I've been calling it at genius lately. I always have an ebb and flow with the puzzles I do.
I’m letting go a bit too. Hit a wall at 22/131 and didn’t really go back because I wasn’t making progress.
24/133. I gave up.
Small number of words today but I'm struggling with the last few.
I'm thinking I should have pressed on yesterday. But I'm not sure I would have considered "dunno" a word.
ml1 said:
I'm thinking I should have pressed on yesterday. But I'm not sure I would have considered "dunno" a word.
similar one today.
ml1 said:
I'm thinking I should have pressed on yesterday. But I'm not sure I would have considered "dunno" a word.
"dunno" was the word that got me to QB yesterday 
yahooyahoo said:
Small number of words today but I'm struggling with the last few.
You and me both...stuck at 20 and ready to give up
ml1 said:
that one I got
No Genius for me, today. Yet…
Although I’m not optimistic. 4 points away and I got nothin’.
I've been away from the B for some months now. Trying to get back into it, and either I've lost a lot since then, or they've gotten harder - but I'm getting nowhere.
drummerboy said:
I've been away from the B for some months now. Trying to get back into it, and either I've lost a lot since then, or they've gotten harder - but I'm getting nowhere.
it's been weeks since I got it. And some days it just requires too much time. I'm not going for it if it's 60 or 70 words to solve.
yahooyahoo said:
Learned a new word = villanelle.
that's a new one for me too but don't know that I'll be able to remember it for future use.
alha said:
yahooyahoo said:
Learned a new word = villanelle.
that's a new one for me too but don't know that I'll be able to remember it for future use.
Never heard of it either…
KarenMarlowe said:
Never heard of it either…
I only heard of it in Killing Eve. So never thought of it as a SB word.
Finally a good day to go the distance. I know some of you have more recently, but I feel like it’s my first time reaching QB in a while!