NYT Spelling Bee - Anyone Playing It?

[+ Gar1eth]

I've gotten 25 words so far on today's puzzle. But I think I'm stuck.

 

 

For those who don't play, the rules are--

 

• Words must contain at least 4 letters.
  
• Words must include the center letter.
  
• Our word list does not include words that are obscure, hyphenated, or proper nouns.
  
• No cussing either, sorry.
  
• Letters can be used more than once.
  

Score points to increase your rating.

 

• 4-letter words are worth 1 point each.
  
• Longer words earn 1 point per letter.
  
• Each puzzle includes at least one “pangram” which uses every letter. These are worth 7 extra points!
  

Gman

[+ Gar1eth]

PS-the rules say no proper nouns but for some reason it accepted ILIAD. But in looking in Webster's there is an actual definition used 1st in 1603 for iliad vs THE Iliad.

 

Gman

[+ Charlie]

I can only come up with 2 six-letter words: bridal and lizard, unless I use the z twice and make blizzard.

[+ Gar1eth]

Thanks, @Charlie!!! You are allowed to repeat letters. Darn you are good. I started this around 2 AM this morning. I totally missed bridal. Blizzard is a pangram. I had it. It gives you 7 points.

 

Gman

Edited December 31, 2019 by Gar1eth

[+ Gar1eth]

My words---

 

 

Gman

[+ Charlie]

You missed Lard. This is fun!

[+ Gar1eth]

You missed Lard. This is fun!

I just got lard about 5 minutes ago before I saw your post.

 

Gman

[+ g56whiz]

Is this only available in print additions?

[+ Gar1eth]

Is this only available in print additions?

 

It comes up as the last item under the Today section on my NYT app.

 

Gman

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

How about rabbi and barb?

[+ purplekow]

I usually do the Sunday puzzle which requires a five letter word. Will check this out

[+ purplekow]

I am shocked that this group did not come up with RIBALD.

Edited December 31, 2019 by purplekow

[+ Gar1eth]

I can only come up with 2 six-letter words: bridal and lizard, unless I use the z twice and make blizzard.

How about rabbi and barb?

I am shocked that this group did not come up with RIBALD.

 

Y'all are great!!! I looked at this for hours and never came up with these.

 

Gman

[+ Hoover42]

Is this only available in print additions?

No, you can access it via the NYT website or the iOS app (not sure about Android)

[Ds35mm]

Yes, I play it daily. Fun way to start the morning.

[+ Gar1eth]

Here is Tuesday's puzzle. It was tougher for me than yesterday's. I'll reveal my answers in a following post, so you can hide them and play yourself. I think I might have them all. I found 18.

 

 

Gman

[+ Gar1eth]

My answers--

Gman

[+ Autumnal]

I play this every day until I get a pop-up that tells me "I'm really good" at the game and I should subscribe, and that ends the game for the day! My goal in this abbreviated game is to find at least one word that uses all the letters.

[+ Charlie]

fluent, fuel, full, effluent, tuffet, fell, left, flue, tuft, flute, fluff, even, event, fleet, felt

 

This is all I got before looking at your list. Whoops! There is no 'f' in two of mine.

[+ Gar1eth]

fluent, fuel, full, effluent, tuffet, fell, left, flue, tuft, flute, fluff, even, event, fleet, felt

 

This is all I got before looking at your list. Whoops! There is no 'f' in two of mine.

I didn't think of tuffet.

 

Gman

[+ purplekow]

Only one I had to add to yours were Fell Fluff and Full. and Missed Uneventful as I though you said their were nineteen and stopped looking, Came up with unfelt by putting un in front of every word I had but did not do it to eventful as that was a pangram already, You should try the Sunday one, I have spent more than an hour on that looking for one word to get me to the finish,. They score that with good to excellent scale and they tell you how many you need to be excellent but they always have a few more. In that puzzle I have usually found offbeat words, technical words from medicine that they do not score.

[+ Gar1eth]

Only one I had to add to yours were Fell Fluff and Full. and Missed Uneventful as I though you said their were nineteen and stopped looking, Came up with unfelt by putting un in front of every word I had but did not do it to eventful as that was a pangram already, You should try the Sunday one, I have spent more than an hour on that looking for one word to get me to the finish,. They score that with good to excellent scale and they tell you how many you need to be excellent but they always have a few more. In that puzzle I have usually found offbeat words, technical words from medicine that they do not score.

 

My apologies for telling you something wrong. It was what I believed at the time.

 

This new one is a toughie. I can only get 13 words. I have no idea what the word is that uses all 7 choices.

 

Gman

[+ Gar1eth]

 

Gman

[+ purplekow]

Immediately got gazpacho

[+ Gar1eth]

Immediately got gazpacho

 

And there's the 7 letter word I couldn't figure out.

 

Gman