I think that most days tbh, but I’m not sure how there can be mistakes as I assume they start with a full list of dictionary words & then actively take out ones they don’t like? Equally though I find it hard to imagine an actual professional editor looking at today’s set & going oh there’s no way we can include such obscure, never-encountered words as CONMEN, TOTEMIC or COMMIE
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Sunday, 5 June 2022 10:54 (one year ago) link
webster has “CON MAN” as two words but it feels tendentiousCOMMIE slangy but hard to justify excludingTOTEMIC feels like a straight up miss, usually the sort of word sam loves to include
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 5 June 2022 11:53 (one year ago) link
lol, was coming here to post about TOTEMIC and somehow knew someone would've beaten me to the punch. Ludicrous omission.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Sunday, 5 June 2022 14:42 (one year ago) link
Today's is just making me weary. So many words
― Jaq, Sunday, 5 June 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
Agreed
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 June 2022 22:22 (one year ago) link
Multiple PGs too though only one is typical SB fare.
― Gianni Fursace (Leee), Sunday, 5 June 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link
loved today's spelling bee, forgot about the pangrams and enjoyed finding a lot of words
― Dan S, Sunday, 5 June 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
today the hardest words for me were ecotone, icemen, mnemonic, tectonic, monotonic
― Dan S, Monday, 6 June 2022 00:02 (one year ago) link
sorry meant to hide that, not italicize it
I use the spelling bee assistant app in Chrome, and when I saw there were 32 fucking words starting with CO my heart sank.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 6 June 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I started too late in the day and I just had other things to do. I think I got maybe half the words. It's a good reminder that losing your precious streak is not actually a big deal and the sky does not fall in just because you didn't get QB one day.
― trishyb, Monday, 6 June 2022 09:09 (one year ago) link
I got to genius yday and immediately stopped, couldn’t be arsed finding all 500 words Looking at the answers tho was there really IMMINENCE and not IMMINENT? Really sloppy
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 6 June 2022 10:02 (one year ago) link
C was the middle letter
― just sayin, Monday, 6 June 2022 10:20 (one year ago) link
Doh yeah, quite conspicuously so! I forgot already
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 6 June 2022 12:14 (one year ago) link
I was HORRIBLE yesterday, just didn't see half of those words at all. Admittedly I was a bit busy and *gasp* FORGOT TO FINISH WORDLE for the first and only time in 125 days. RIP streak.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Monday, 6 June 2022 12:53 (one year ago) link
My brane just shuts down at some point can’t see anymore words.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 June 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
mine does too, usually somewhere between 5 and 10 words from the end, although in that bonanza episode yesterday it was more like 20
― Dan S, Monday, 6 June 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
was today’s SB co-edited by ned flanders??
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
Wait when did he started putting the points for QB upfront?
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 01:41 (one year ago) link
Just noticed that! A change since this morning in the app.
― Jaq, Thursday, 9 June 2022 02:51 (one year ago) link
Thanks for confirming. Today looks like another slog through the word pit. Quatermass and the Word Pit.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 11:11 (one year ago) link
It is, to me, a bummer that the pangram INVAGINATION is kiboshed
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
Hmmm the QB point level is not there now, was earlier this morning.
― Jaq, Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
RUGRAT: Not in word list.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 June 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
AGHARTA: Not in word list
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 June 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
Still at Amazing but at least I got GANACHE
― Jimmy Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne Mary-Anne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
Yeah I got that one too. Could not have gotten galangal without a hint.
― Nutellanor Roosevelt (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 20:31 (one year ago) link
i got both of those but will got stuck 13 points from QB :/
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 20:36 (one year ago) link
I am really amazed today's SB allowed nonce. Given it seems to really sidestep any potentially offensive words.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 16 June 2022 07:38 (one year ago) link
?
I only think of it as for now / ad hoc / coined, as in "nonce word."
― Nutellanor Roosevelt (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 16 June 2022 10:01 (one year ago) link
That one has at least 2 common definitions besides the potentially offensive one which I guess is how it’s kept in; the same is true of ones I’ve seen excluded tho, I think it’s quite inconsistent (unsurprisingly). Also nixing INCEL feels vaguely cowardly Completely different note but I was pleased when OLEIC was allowed today and immediately tried LINOLEIC and LINOLENIC, no dice
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Thursday, 16 June 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
I assumed incel wasnt there as its fairly new slang. Though noob is, so who knows.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 17 June 2022 05:47 (one year ago) link
YENTE ?an alternative spelling of YENTA? really?
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 08:57 (one year ago) link
and no GIBBET ehwishful thinking on sam’s part surely
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 08:59 (one year ago) link
No DOBBED or GOBBED either.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 11:18 (one year ago) link
The one I am most disappointed in not receiving credit for is GOTOBED.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 12:06 (one year ago) link
Still weird to me that BOLE is not acceptable.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 09:22 (one year ago) link
agreed
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 11:00 (one year ago) link
I was pleasantly surprised the other day when ANTIFA was accepted!
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 24 June 2022 16:36 (one year ago) link
Now if only antifa could be accepted in more hearts and minds…
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 24 June 2022 19:21 (one year ago) link
OMG at yesterday's FATLY, FITLY, FILIALLY.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Thursday, 30 June 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
from today’s newsletter:
By Sam EzerskyGreetings, geniuses!One of the best parts of being an editor for New York Times Games is anticipating that rush of solving excitement from the other side. Like, I just know I’ve stumbled upon a good clue, set of letters or puzzle title, and that you’re in for a treat.This giddy feeling, of course, stems from my own puzzle-solving delights. Sometimes, I can barely contain myself until publication day!As such, I highly recommend giving this coming Saturday’s Spelling Bee puzzle a go. It’s one of my favorites yet in the game’s four-year digital history. It’s a doozy.Every puzzle contains one or more pangrams, which are words that use all seven letters in the Hive. Occasionally, some puzzles will have two or three. Very rarely will you see more than that.Saturday’s puzzle has … a lot.How many can you find? Let me and my team know on social!
One of the best parts of being an editor for New York Times Games is anticipating that rush of solving excitement from the other side. Like, I just know I’ve stumbled upon a good clue, set of letters or puzzle title, and that you’re in for a treat.
This giddy feeling, of course, stems from my own puzzle-solving delights. Sometimes, I can barely contain myself until publication day!
As such, I highly recommend giving this coming Saturday’s Spelling Bee puzzle a go. It’s one of my favorites yet in the game’s four-year digital history. It’s a doozy.
Every puzzle contains one or more pangrams, which are words that use all seven letters in the Hive. Occasionally, some puzzles will have two or three. Very rarely will you see more than that.
Saturday’s puzzle has … a lot.
How many can you find? Let me and my team know on social!
― scanner darkly, Friday, 1 July 2022 02:30 (one year ago) link
lol oh god.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
I know right?
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
You know it'd be a lot easier to tell you how many I've found if your stupid UI highlighted the pangrams.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Saturday, 2 July 2022 07:43 (one year ago) link
Hm. I got to Genius by myself with 61 words (including all the pangrams) / 304 points before resorting to Forum / hints.
These are some words that I only got because I'd seen them in SB: palapa, pitapat, pipit.
There is no way in hell I would ever have stumbled on papilla without a hint.
― Nutellanor Roosevelt (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 2 July 2022 10:46 (one year ago) link
Taking a look but I doubt I will match your feat.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 July 2022 10:54 (one year ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 2 July 2022 11:17 (one year ago) link
Yes, thirded.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 July 2022 12:00 (one year ago) link
wanted capicola but was denied
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 July 2022 12:07 (one year ago) link