NYT Spelling Bee

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Got to genius with pangrams so far.  Yesterday I got busy and had a couple left at the end, and we didn't have team QB because of nonagon, nonagonal.  Guess it's been a while for those.  I also got tripped up on longan, agelong, and others, but I was happy that I remembered galangal right away!

For LB, I got extremum-multiband. 

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Afternoon!

Pangrams and above genius. That's probably it for today as I'm visiting friends.

I spent most of the morning sitting on the deck, birdwatching interspersed with chatting. A few minutes ago, while working on the bee, I looked up to see what the buzzing near my left ear was. It was a hummingbird which first hovered between me and the plant on the table before taking off.

[cathwen]

Good afternoon!

I'm not quite at genius, but I have one pangram.  This might be a slow day. 

Yesterday I got to QB-4, but never got back to it because I had to rush my husband to the emergency room.  He had been feeling off all day, and in the afternoon I took his temperature (thinking he looked flushed) and it was 103.4!  Yes, Friday afternoon on a holiday weekend.  The doctor's staff told me to take him to the ER, where they put him on fluids and antibiotics.  After lots of blood work and a CT scan, they determined that it's a kidney infection.  He may be released tomorrow or Monday; he seems to be better today, but not 100%.  I'm in his hospital room now, and he is sleeping.

LB:  I had intertextual-limbed.  No 2fer yet today.

Langue_doc, how lovely to have the hummingbird visit, and so close! 

[ab_grp]

Cathwen, I'm sorry to hear about your husband and the trip to the ER! Good thing you took his temperature.  I hope he recovers well and can rest (you too on the resting!).  Congrats on your 2fer yesterday.

Langue_doc, enjoy your visit! And nice to have been visited by a hummingbird, too. 

[ab_grp]

Whew, finally got a 2fer! Still have to get back to the bee, though.

[Parasaurolophus]

GW2P.

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Got to genius with a couple pangrams so far.  I think I have all of them but will find out later.  And I got the crossword done.  Whew.  Yesterday we almost had team QB but needed help with nigiri, inurn(ing).  I needed help with a few others as well.

For LB, I had virtuality-yeoman, which appears to be schmofficial!

Got a friend call later, so time to get puzzles done...

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

QBwH for inurn(ing), unrig(ging). LB just 2fer b4ss vermilion-naturally and several 3fers.

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Afternoon!

A few pangrams and well above genius.

cathwen, sorry to hear about your husband's medical problems; hope he's recovering.

[Parasaurolophus]

Four pangrams, still nine points shy of genius. I'll try to finish it tomorrow.

[cathwen]

Good morning!

Even with hints, I did not get the last two words yesterday: titivate and titivated.  Today I have one 8L word to go and am flummoxed. 

LB:  I had the "official" judges-spinach.  And I found a 2fer today.

My husband comes home from the hospital today!  We're supposed to have heavy rain this afternoon, so I would be very happy if he were released before it starts.  (The hospital is about a 25 minute drive in good weather.).

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

QBwH for titivate(d). LB judges-spinach.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Good morning/afternoon!

Got to genius with the pangram plus a bit so far.  We slept in a little, which was good.  Yesterday I had a ton left when we compared, including titivate(d), vitiate(d) and a bunch more, but we did have team QB! And it was nice to talk to my pal for a bit.

I got the same 2fer yesterday.  Congrats on another today, cathwen! And I am so happy to hear about your husband coming home today! I was a little worried yesterday.  Hope you can get out of there and beat the rain and that he continues to heal.

Happy solving!

[Parasaurolophus]

Finished yesterday's Bee fairly quickly this morning. I'm nearly at GWP today.

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

Pangram and above genius so far. Turned out that I missed only nonillion which I might have found if I had gone back to the bee later in the day. Oh, well.

Happy solving!