Althouse: Spelling Bee appeals to the women.

July 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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26 comments:

Howard said...: It's like the bots have been reading your Roe posts over the last weeks and gave you the perfect puzzle.; 7/14/22, 6:47 AM
Notary Sojac said...: They reject ABATTOIR however.; 7/14/22, 6:54 AM
gilbar said...: aviator is what i see; 7/14/22, 6:56 AM
Ann Althouse said...: 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).; 7/14/22, 7:03 AM
Lyle Sanford, RMT said...: rejecting abattoir while accepting ribbit is so arbitrary; 7/14/22, 7:20 AM
Curious George said...: "Spelling Bee appeals to the women."

You some kind of biologist?; 7/14/22, 7:28 AM
Inquiry said...: Vibrato works there. It appeals to the musically inclined woman.; 7/14/22, 8:16 AM
Ann Althouse said...: “ so arbitrary”

Yesterday, they accepted “impediment” and rejected “pediment.”; 7/14/22, 8:21 AM
AlbertAnonymous said...: Arbitrary and inaccuracies? Appeals to women? Nahhhhhh; 7/14/22, 8:47 AM
Roger von Oech said...: 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.; 7/14/22, 8:57 AM
John Pearley Huffman said...: Bravo

Which is both a compliment and usable word.; 7/14/22, 8:59 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: There's apparently no love for Borat at Meadehouse. Not very nice!; 7/14/22, 8:59 AM
John Pearley Huffman said...: Bravo

Which is both a compliment and usable word.; 7/14/22, 8:59 AM
John Pearley Huffman said...: Bravo

Which is both a compliment and usable word.; 7/14/22, 8:59 AM
TVOAT said...: Was BOOB your third?; 7/14/22, 9:14 AM
Gulistan said...: Don't forget 'boob'; 7/14/22, 9:15 AM
Joe Smith said...: Just don't ever ask a woman to abort her vibrator...; 7/14/22, 9:18 AM
FWBuff said...: 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; 7/14/22, 9:20 AM
Jake said...: Use the vibrator
on a regular basis
no need to abort; 7/14/22, 9:27 AM
Unknown said...: And boob of course.; 7/14/22, 10:13 AM
FunkyPhD said...: They accepted "vibrato." I also got vibrator, and I'm not a woman.; 7/14/22, 10:46 AM
FunkyPhD said...: They accepted “vibrato,” and I also found “vibrator.” And I’m not a woman.; 7/14/22, 10:48 AM
n.n said...: 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.; 7/14/22, 12:02 PM
robother said...: Saying "bravo" to Althouse? Surely, "brava" is le mot juste. But I'm no biologist.; 7/14/22, 1:17 PM
Bill AKA motorave said...: I don't know the rules but there is only 1 r and 1 t so vibrato but no ending r.
also no abattoir; 7/14/22, 2:28 PM
Marc in Eugene said...: 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.; 7/14/22, 4:50 PM