The NYT Spelling Bee Thread

if I had used the hints on Saturday I would have got the last word in about 3 seconds.


Just got QB!

No uncommon words. Good day to go for it.


jimmurphy said:

Just got QB!

No uncommon words. Good day to go for it.

I've given up too early a few days this week. So maybe today is the day to persevere.


ml1 said:

jimmurphy said:

Just got QB!

No uncommon words. Good day to go for it.

I've given up too early a few days this week. So maybe today is the day to persevere.

QB!  I agree, no uncommon words. It's worth trying today.


One word short for QB today and just not seeing it.


duplicate comment, deleted.


QB again today.  Another good day to go for it.


yahooyahoo said:

QB again today.  Another good day to go for it.

I'm one 9-letter word away. Probably compound, I'd guess...


yahooyahoo said:

QB again today.  Another good day to go for it.

Made it to QB today...missed it by 3 yesterday (folio, which I should have gotten, and infill/infilling which I never would have gotten)


alha said:

yahooyahoo said:

QB again today.  Another good day to go for it.

Made it to QB today...missed it by 3 yesterday (folio, which I should have gotten, and infill/infilling which I never would have gotten)

Got to QB today, but far from it yesterday. 


jimmurphy said:

yahooyahoo said:

QB again today.  Another good day to go for it.

I'm one 9-letter word away. Probably compound, I'd guess...

wait, what? You use the hints now? grin

you're the guy who convinced me to stop using them.


alha said:

yahooyahoo said:

QB again today.  Another good day to go for it.

Made it to QB today...missed it by 3 yesterday (folio, which I should have gotten, and infill/infilling which I never would have gotten)

I missed it by 2 yesterday. I should have got "info" for sure.  I got "infill" but I didn't get "infilling" because I didn't realize it's a noun AND a verb.


ml1 said:

wait, what? You use the hints now?
grin

you're the guy who convinced me to stop using them.

I look at the first line for total words and total score. I think same as you.


jimmurphy said:

I look at the first line for total words and total score. I think same as you.

ah. I don't look at total score. Just the number of words. 


ml1 said:

ah. I don't look at total score. Just the number of words. 

Hard to miss. They are side by side, and anyway, if you know the Amazing score, you know the QB score plus or minus one.

Found that last word finally! It was compound and common and I would have kicked myself in the morning. Phew!


I got to queen today too! Missed yesterday by offing. Good couple of bee days. 


I should have got "lull" yesterday, but "tilth" was unfamiliar to me. 


I was getting so mad it wouldn’t take plint as a word - and then remembered it has an h at the end. Oops. 


ml1 said:

I should have got "lull" yesterday, but "tilth" was unfamiliar to me. 

That one came up a little over a month ago. I didn’t know it until then either. Have gotten twice since, I think.


jimmurphy said:

ml1 said:

I should have got "lull" yesterday, but "tilth" was unfamiliar to me. 

That one came up a little over a month ago. I didn’t know it until then either. Have gotten twice since, I think.

I figure if I play SB long enough, my vocabulary will grow enough to get those words. 


Exactly - tilth, nonillion, octillion, tomtit, many others.  All from SB.


Yesterday was a struggle but managed to reach genius.  I don't like it when there are lot of words that start with the same two letters.  Yesterday it was p-a.  That usually means there will be a few words I've never heard of starting with those letters, such as "palapa." 


jimmurphy said:

Exactly - tilth, nonillion, octillion, tomtit, many others.  All from SB.

allele, calla, canna, algal


Packrat is a real word, just saying...


I thought so too, but the dictionary is telling me it's two real words.


Got the QB today grin

One of the words was one that I had learned in a puzzle a couple of months back. Aside from that one, the rest are all pretty common words.


Just got to Queen Bee, too, today! Only the second time I've gotten there!  grin


ml1 said:

Got the QB today
grin

One of the words was one that I had learned in a puzzle a couple of months back. Aside from that one, the rest are all pretty common words.

I’m at QB-1 and not seeing it. The Pangram is a dumb word.


I am totally not seeing the words today. Only at amazing. Might have to settle for that...

eta, did get the pangram, and I agree it's stupid. When I entered it, it was a lark. Nope, it's the actual pangram.


jimmurphy said:

I’m at QB-1 and not seeing it. The Pangram is a dumb word.

I knew the word. But agree that it's a bit tricky. 


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