managed to get to genius without the pangram which felt like a real achievement. was v surprised that pfft was accepted
― just sayin, Sunday, 21 November 2021 05:40 (two years ago) link
Considerably more palatable today! (Although I know some players don't like the high point total days.)
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Sunday, 21 November 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
I got loads really quickly today, easy wins with the IN UN and ING combos
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 22 November 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
Yep hit QB today (just the last three words with hints - as always, it was the easy obvious words that I had missed!)
― Roz, Monday, 22 November 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
there were only two un-s and one in- unless you count inning and union, which I don't, but 19 -ings!
― Dan S, Monday, 22 November 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
i got QB but it took completely unreasonable amount of time to come up with GIVING/UNGIVING after getting everything elsewas a fun one today!
― scanner darkly, Monday, 22 November 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
It was voguing that escaped me (wouldnt it be spelt with an e?). I'm still not at QB yet, but I have 132 points so i guess im not far off?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 22 November 2021 04:55 (two years ago) link
GAH the only 2 i missed were the 2 in Dan's post lol. Of all words to miss.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 22 November 2021 04:56 (two years ago) link
Today was a bit frustrating for me - got there but it was messy.
Futilibees:
continuo
tiffin
conn
nuncio
Words I didn't get without hints
uncuff
coconut
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 22 November 2021 12:27 (two years ago) link
woops sorry if that spoils -
I missed GOUGING yesterday to fall 1 word short of QB -- that one seems to always elude me.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Monday, 22 November 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
I was also peeved tiffin was not allowed. And yet finito was. Que?
Course cunt was the first word I tried wannit.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 22 November 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
If that worked it would have been in like 9 of the last 15 bees, tbh. That combo of letters has come up a lot.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Monday, 22 November 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
Nice collection of most commonly used words here: https://nytbee.com/ (scroll down to Haven't I seen these words before?).
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Monday, 22 November 2021 22:23 (two years ago) link
"finito" was our last word to reach Genius (which is our victory condition/stopping point), so i'm glad it worked!
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 13:34 (two years ago) link
the 2 words i was missing yesterday were DEFAT and DEFATTED. fake words
― flopson, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
especially since FATTED wasn't accepted! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatted_calf
― jaymc, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
DEFAT was the last one i got so sure enough i forgot to do DEFATTED
― scanner darkly, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
today’s was kind of a slog for me
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
No tuple, punnet, unpeel and honestly whose nephew is this fraud exactly
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
“unpeel” redundant, surely just “peel” gets you therebut then if that’s so, what on earth does UNOPEN mean
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:17 (two years ago) link
whoops sorry all jeez
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:18 (two years ago) link
Hahah thank you *yoink* todays one has done my head in.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
I cannot see the pangram on todays for love or money.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:47 (two years ago) link
And it seems theyre skating the edge with some answers I'd class as 2 words, which makes it a bit unfair (like pullout for eg)
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
Yeah today was really rough in terms of what it took and what it didn't, not gonna lie. Got the pangram and got to genius but QBing, nope. Then I got so vexed that I peeked and gah, double nope.
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
Genius is good going today imo, im at standstill some ways back
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:57 (two years ago) link
Leave it there, seriously. It's ugly. You're welcome.
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 25 November 2021 02:28 (two years ago) link
tired of tomtit so wordle is the new hotness
https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/
basically hangman with some nice twists, only one word a day, six guesses max.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 November 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
nice! got today’s on my 4th guess
― donna rouge, Thursday, 25 November 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
same!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 November 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
LOL got the panagram first go today. It just immediately jumped at me.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 25 November 2021 22:40 (two years ago) link
omg how on earth did i miss HEMP
― scanner darkly, Friday, 26 November 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link
important wordle rule that i just discovered: the word CAN contain two of the same correct letter and it doesn't have a mechanism for telling you that except you guessing.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 26 November 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
Intriguing.
Right now I would say I have no interest in a new word game timesuck
Then again that's also what I said about the Bee when I first saw it. Gah, reusing letters? I will never get the hang of that because it's different from Scrabble
-signed, Currently at a 223-puzzle streak on the NYT crossword
Who just re-upped for Fireball
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 26 November 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
not a timesuck! three minutes a day at most!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 26 November 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
Yes, worth it! Thanks forks - did you also bring up Two Dots? Not words but someone mentioned it and now I am hooked.
― Jaq, Friday, 26 November 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
forks, "not a timesuck" brings up problems of its own, unfortunately.
Some days I actively need to banish time. If I can finish the Bee before getting out of bed, and do the crossword before breakfast, wtf am I supposed to do for the rest of the day? Work at my job, like a savage? Fuck that.
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 26 November 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
Got my first QB today :) I did have to cheat a bit on one word, which I completely didnt know so had to cross check via the discussion thread clue people.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 26 November 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
congrats! :)
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 26 November 2021 23:45 (two years ago) link
is "Two dots" "Two No Touch"? If so, unfortunately that's me.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 November 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
Lately I seem to have a knack for QB minus one, which usually means it's something other than typical English orthography. If there's a structure like -ED, -ING, or -ATION, I get the stuff that works in those patterns but miss stuff that is outside it, like pasta or birds.
Yesterday the one I couldn't get was BABKA. Today it was DOODAD.
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
I got the wordle on my second guess today!
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
trying to think of the best wordle word to start with. "Atoms"? "Safer"?
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
I would reveal my go-to wordle start word, but then I would be practically giving away the answer to today's puzzle.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
I lucked out and got four of the letters - two in the right place, two in the wrong place.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
LOL, Lily that has me guessing your starter word! TIDAL?
― Jaq, Saturday, 27 November 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
nope!
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 27 November 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
Back in the typesetting era we would have worked backward from ETAOIN SHRDLU. Which really only helps on the first few guesses, because orthography kicks in and starts constraining your options.
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 November 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
tired?
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 November 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link