Agreed. I was never ever going to get phablet (totally new to me), heeltap, or heptathlete. (and in fact the spell check here on MOL does not recognize any of them, either, so there).
The way they select words is occassionaly ridiculous. "Phablet" is a good example.
Agreed. I was never ever going to get phablet (totally new to me), heeltap, or heptathlete. (and in fact the spell check here on MOL does not recognize any of them, either, so there).
The way they select words is occassionaly ridiculous. "Phablet" is a good example.
Agreed, but I guess a 26 year old editor of a puzzle is going to throw boomers a few curves.
Agreed. I was never ever going to get phablet (totally new to me), heeltap, or heptathlete. (and in fact the spell check here on MOL does not recognize any of them, either, so there).
never for me too on those three "phablet" "heeltap" and "heptathlete"...but I also missed "aleph" and "baht" for a total of 5 short of QB.
Agreed. I was never ever going to get phablet (totally new to me), heeltap, or heptathlete. (and in fact the spell check here on MOL does not recognize any of them, either, so there).
never for me too on those three "phablet" "heeltap" and "heptathlete"...but I also missed "aleph" and "baht" for a total of 5 short of QB.
Feh on their weird words--and I have a pretty weird and eclectic vocabulary meself.
I am just happy to get Amazing every day--that is my goal to shoot for. Once in a while I get to Genius and I congratulate myself. Then again, I do these first thing in the morning before I start work, so I do not have a lot of time to sit and ponder. Then again again, I probably could sit and ponder for hours and not get anywhere near Queen Bee.
there are two words that are NOT in today's puzzle that I can't believe aren't included. Is it ok here to write a word that isn't in the puzzle, or is that considered a spoiler?
Yesterday's puzzle did have backcomb (my last word, way too late), which i'll take as a nod to the 50s-60s, sort of an anti-phablet. (did anyone backcomb their hair after about 1965?)
Yesterday's puzzle did have backcomb (my last word, way too late), which i'll take as a nod to the 50s-60s, sort of an anti-phablet. (did anyone backcomb their hair after about 1965?)
I got backcomb, but missed (among other words) morocco. I never think of it as a non-proper noun.
Got the QB yesterday. Gave in and used the hints for the last word. It was "grog."
I got "grog" but no QB for me yesterday...missed "gorp", "grippy" "grody" and "gyro", words I never heard of except for "gyro"
the part that had me saying "d'oh!" was that I had "groggy" but not "grog." If I had just read through my list a couple more times I probably would have got it without the hint.
Two away but I didn't start until after 3pm after driving from Lancaster PA and staying up after 2am for a wedding/after-party. I feel accomplished that I got that far!
The way they select words is occassionaly ridiculous. "Phablet" is a good example.