Hulyo 14, 2022

Spelling Bee appeals to the women.

I reveal the first 2 things I found in today's NYT Spelling Bee:

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Howard ayon kay ...

It's like the bots have been reading your Roe posts over the last weeks and gave you the perfect puzzle.

Notary Sojac ayon kay ...

They reject ABATTOIR however.

gilbar ayon kay ...

aviator is what i see

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

You've got to use the middle letter, so "aviator" won't work.

I don't know why they didn't accept "abattoir" (which is a hard word to believe you've spelled right).

Lyle Sanford, RMT ayon kay ...

rejecting abattoir while accepting ribbit is so arbitrary

Curious George ayon kay ...

"Spelling Bee appeals to the women."

You some kind of biologist?

Inquiry ayon kay ...

Vibrato works there. It appeals to the musically inclined woman.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

“ so arbitrary”

Yesterday, they accepted “impediment” and rejected “pediment.”

AlbertAnonymous ayon kay ...

Arbitrary and inaccuracies? Appeals to women? Nahhhhhh

Roger von Oech ayon kay ...

I did the NYT SPELLING BEE for about a week last September until I got the “Genius” score two days in a row. I decided that it was an enormous TIME SINK (a waste of time) and haven’t returned since.

John Pearley Huffman ayon kay ...

Bravo

Which is both a compliment and usable word.

RideSpaceMountain ayon kay ...

There's apparently no love for Borat at Meadehouse. Not very nice!

John Pearley Huffman ayon kay ...

Bravo

Which is both a compliment and usable word.

John Pearley Huffman ayon kay ...

Bravo

Which is both a compliment and usable word.

TVOAT ayon kay ...

Was BOOB your third?

Gulistan ayon kay ...

Don't forget 'boob'

Joe Smith ayon kay ...

Just don't ever ask a woman to abort her vibrator...

FWBuff ayon kay ...

The omissions are always frustrating, but it is by far my favorite word game. Bee Twitter is also fun because of lots of like-minded word nerds. #hivemind #nytspellingbee

Jake ayon kay ...

Use the vibrator
on a regular basis
no need to abort

Unknown ayon kay ...

And boob of course.

FunkyPhD ayon kay ...

They accepted "vibrato." I also got vibrator, and I'm not a woman.

FunkyPhD ayon kay ...

They accepted “vibrato,” and I also found “vibrator.” And I’m not a woman.

n.n ayon kay ...

Use the vibrator
on a regular basis
no need to abort


The Spelling Bee's subliminal messaging to women. The vibrato effect is imperative to answering the question: to have sex or abstain. Unfortunately, it doesn't mitigate collateral damage from social progress and immigration reform.

robother ayon kay ...

Saying "bravo" to Althouse? Surely, "brava" is le mot juste. But I'm no biologist.

Bill AKA motorave ayon kay ...

I don't know the rules but there is only 1 r and 1 t so vibrato but no ending r.
also no abattoir

Marc in Eugene ayon kay ...

I stopped doing SB precisely because too many words that I found weren't accepted; eventually I stopped applying to whoever it was (or perhaps is) to redress my grievances. This was back in the days when players got gold stars for 'pangrams'. Did the software recognise barrator today?

There's a small dictionary in my privy chamber: when I feel the inclination I open it up and, selecting a word at random, spell.

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