NYT Spelling Bee - Anyone Playing It?

[+ purplekow]

Gazpacho. Pogo. Poach. Chop. Chap. Choochoo. Goop. Hoop. Pooch. Hooch. Coop. Coco. Cocoa. Achoo. Capo. Pooh. Poopoo. Poop. Agog. Opah. Cacao 21. But I doubt Poopoo and choochoo would be good, Googoo either for that matter, Opah is very common crossword puzzle word but that may not qualify here either,

Edited January 1, 2020 by purplekow

[+ Gar1eth]

Gazpacho. Pogo. Poach. Chop. Chap. Choochoo. Goop. Hoop. Pooch. Hooch. Coop. Coco. Cocoa. Achoo. Capo. Pooh. Poopoo. Poop. Agog. Opah. Cacao 21. But I doubt Poopoo and choochoo would be good, Googoo either for that matter, Opah is very common crossword puzzle word but that may not qualify here either,

I tried choochoo. It didn't work. Chap won't work because no O.

 

 

Gman

[+ Autumnal]

If you play through the NYT there is a link in the upper right corner that will give you yesterdays answers.

[+ Gar1eth]

 

Gman

[+ Gar1eth]

 

Gman

[+ Charlie]

black, claw, walk, balk, bawl, ball, cowl, clack, back, lack, lock, clock, blow, blowback, blackball, callow, bowl, cock--sorry, I got distracted at this point, and forgot I needed an 'l' in there...umm, what are we doing here?

[Islesguy]

Clawback and cockblock are missing

[+ E.T.Bass]

WOK

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

Confession time: I've so enjoyed following this thread, I subscribed to the NYT so that I can play every evening when I get home from work. I also subscribed to the daily headlines newsletter so I can be more aware of the headlines by the time I get to the office.

[+ Gar1eth]

Clawback and cockblock are missing

 

While they work, th weren't included on the official list of words for the day.

 

WOK

 

Per the offices rules, the words have to be longer than three letters

 

 

 

Confession time: I've so enjoyed following this thread, I subscribed to the NYT so that I can play every evening when I get home from work. I also subscribed to the daily headlines newsletter so I can be more aware of the headlines by the time I get to the office.

 

You subscribed because of this thread, or had you already subscribed? Today's is a toughie for me.

 

Gman

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

You subscribed because of this thread, or had you already subscribed?

 

I subscribed because of this thread.

 

Today's is a toughie for me.

 

Yes it is, and I love it.

[+ Gar1eth]

T is a toughie for me.

 

Gman

I subscribed because of this thread.

 

 

 

Yes it is, and I love it.

 

I've only figured out 20. I'm not sure I'll be able to get anymore.

 

Gman

[+ Gar1eth]

Here's the latest one from today. It never fails. When I first see the puzzle, I think to myself that I don't see any possible words. Then I start staring at for a second. And a few words begin to pop up. I was stuck at 99 points which was a score of Amazing for around 12 hours. I finally figured out one last word to bump me up to 100 points which on this puzzle is Genius level. Today to get 100 points, it took me 25 words. (The point values for each level can vary daily. They depend on how easy it is to make words from the given day's puzzle.)

 

 

 

Gman

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

Somehow I missed playing yesterday. Looks like a good puzzle.

[RomanticRick]

Love playing this, but do not see value subscribing to it anymore. But, it's fun everyday to at least figure out the Pangram!

[+ Charlie]

clay, cant, allay, ally, vacant, vacantly, natal, tally, canal, anal, canny, catty, natty, tact, naval, cyan, lacy, navy, cavy, cavalla, clan, lava, annal,

Not enough for Genius

[+ Gar1eth]

Love playing this, but do not see value subscribing to it anymore. But, it's fun everyday to at least figure out the Pangram!

 

I can't always figure out the pangram. For example on the Jan 29 th one, I can barely even figure out any words.

clay, cant, allay, ally, vacant, vacantly, natal, tally, canal, anal, canny, catty, natty, tact, naval, cyan, lacy, navy, cavy, cavalla, clan, lava, annal,

Not enough for Genius

 

Here's my list that got me genius-oh and I tried annal-but it wasn't accepted

 

 

 

Gman

[+ Charlie]

I'm surprised they rejected "annal,"which is in my dictionary as "a record of a single year" (plural "annals"). I'm also surprised that they accepted "vacay." I like "cantata"!