The NYT Spelling Bee Thread
alha said:
I'm two away and it's not looking good to make it down to one, let alone QB.
Found it and got QB by trial and error, then looked it up.
Learned a new word.
QB today. The last word was a matter of trying random combinations.
yahooyahoo said:
QB today. The last word was a matter of trying random combinations.
Amazing! I mean, QB! Three away and I gave up. Will kick myself when I see the words.
ml1 said:
Got the QB with hints and a trip to a dictionary site
Woot!
KarenMarlowe said:
Amazing! I mean, QB! Three away and I gave up. Will kick myself when I see the words.
No you won’t. One (my stab and I’m betting yahooyahoo’s as well) sounds like it’s straight out of the Bible or the Middle Ages or something.
mjc said:
"Learned a new word."
Tell us tomorrow? And congrats!
Thanks! And the word - “tilth”! (Betting another common miss was “fitly”)
noun
- Cultivation of land; tillage.
- Tilled earth.
- The fitness of soil for cultivation, as measured by its structure and composition.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
I used to live in Seattle, where tilth was in the vernacular, but felt lucky to get fitly for sure.
jimmurphy said:
KarenMarlowe said:
Amazing! I mean, QB! Three away and I gave up. Will kick myself when I see the words.
No you won’t. One (my stab and I’m betting yahooyahoo’s as well) sounds like it’s straight out of the Bible or the Middle Ages or something.
Would have never gotten tilth, but I missed lilt and highlight. A little kicking. 
jimmurphy said:
mjc said:
"Learned a new word."
Tell us tomorrow? And congrats!
Thanks! And the word - “tilth”! (Betting another common miss was “fitly”)
noun
- Cultivation of land; tillage.
- Tilled earth.
- The fitness of soil for cultivation, as measured by its structure and composition.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
"Fitly" was my last word to get QB. I just kept trying five-letter combinations starting with F-I.
KarenMarlowe said:
Would have never gotten tilth, but I missed lilt and highlight. A little kicking.
I also never would have gotten "tilth" but should have gotten "highlight"...those were the two that kept me from QB yesterday.
jimmurphy said:
Two away again today, but not hopeful…
I ended up 5 away from QB. Today, I'm stuck at 3 away and doubt I'll get any closer.
Dirndl and drool (duh) yesterday.
Have heard of dirndl, but I can’t imagine ever stringing those consonants together on the bee.
mjc said:
Yesterday, 1 short, "dorado." Fish again. I would never have gotten it.
I also missed "dorado" for the second time in recent memory.. The first time, I mentally kicked myself because I had seen the word on a menu a few days earlier and had asked what type of fish it was...learned it was "mahi-mahi"...but nonetheless missed the word a few days later when it appeared in Spelling Bee To add insult to injury, I missed it again yesterday. Maybe next time it'll be "three's the charm" for me when it comes to recognizing "dorado" as a word.
jimmurphy said:
Dirndl and drool (duh) yesterday.
Have heard of dirndl, but I can’t imagine ever stringing those consonants together on the bee.
you and me both regarding "dirndl"
I missed stupid words like android and droid and bunch of other words, but I got dirndl...
KarenMarlowe said:
I missed stupid words like android and droid and bunch of other words, but I got dirndl...
same!
jimmurphy said:
Just two away today, again, but can’t find em.
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I'm two away and it's not looking good to make it down to one, let alone QB.