NYT Spelling Bee

[Parasaurolophus]

Three pangrams and somewhere in Beta.

[cathwen]

QB with some help from Shunn.

Congratulations on the 2fers, ab_grp and onthefringe!  And on Beta and the pangrams, Parasaurolophus!

[ciao_yall]

QB because there were so many words I needed the Wordplay definitions. As soon as I saw the definition of the word I was missing I plugged it in.

Still just have 3fers for LB. May go to the solver site. Or not.

[ciao_yall]

QB because there were so many words I needed the Wordplay definitions. As soon as I saw the definition of the word I was missing I plugged it in.

Still just have 3fers for LB. May go to the solver site. Or not.

Update - hit the solver site. That was a tricky one!

[ciao_yall]

Morning! Where is everyone?

SB - Last few words were goofing, infilling, nonillion, woofing. Today, genius with pangram. Short one but I'm sure there are some "bee specials" awaiting.

LB - factotum-mingle which was official, thanks to a nudge from the solver site. Did anyone get anything else? I had a quick 3fer off the bat foe-enacting-glum and a few others but not sure I would have found factotum. A few 3fers already today.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

SB:  My last word yesterday was fifing.  Today I am at QB-3 and cannot begin to imagine what the final three words could be!  I hope they occur to me later.

LB:  I warned you that one of the words was an eyebrow-raiser (as in, is it really a word?).  But it was accepted, so I am not complaining:  cameo-outfling.  I guess one could have a flinging contest, and that one person could fling something farther than anyone else (thereby outflinging them), but really.... I was going to go back and try for a more normal pair, but just didn't have time.

Today I have a 2fer with very normal words.  Congratulations on your 2fer yesterday, ciao_yall! 

Happy puzzling!

[onthefringe]

LB: I (finally) found factotum-mingle yesterday after a LOT of struggle. I was hoping people found others, and am impressed by cathwen! Anyone else find anything different?

Today I have actually found three different 2fers (though each pair shares a word) and I'm going to stop now and await tomorrow's reveals!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Cathwen, I am also at QB-3 and shaking my head.  I think husband still has 5 words to go but is at 98 points, and I'm at 93.  Trying to get to Alpha before doing any comparisons or Shunning, but whew.  I have no idea what's left.  Good luck! I think fining was my final word yesterday.  I had to use Shunn and for some reason miscounted everything and thought I had a 7-letter fo- left, but it was a 6-letter fi-.  Durr.  That held me up for a while.

I also got the schmofficial LB solution.  Factotum was my first contender, and I didn't want to let go of it, but I don't know why mingle took so long.  I think I was trying too many -ings.  I like outfling! Congrats on already getting one today.

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Easy 2fer, still cruising along on SB at 21 words/86 points. Would like to break 100 before I take a peek at Shunn.

[ab_grp]

Congrats on the 2fer, ciao_yall! I think Alpha is 99, so 100 would be a good threshold.  Good luck.

Husband zoomed past me and has one word left.  I now have two.  We know what they start with and how long they are, though I'm not sure if that will help.  But we definitely have team QB, at least.

[ab_grp]

Finally made it to impure team QB.  Kept trying something like my final word, but it took a while.  Ugh.

Bunch of contenders for LB, but still no mates yet.

[cathwen]

Finally made QB, thanks to a couple of definitions on Wordplay. 

Congratulations on your QB, ab_grp!  And onthefringe, I am very impressed by your three 2fers!  Can't wait to see them tomorrow.

[ab_grp]

Yay! Congrats on the QB, cathwen!

And thanks for noting that about the 3 2fers by onthefringe! I totally missed that! Congrats on your solutions, onthefringe!

You are all having a much easier time of it with LB today.  I will try again in a bit.

[Parasaurolophus]

For once I saw the 2fer right away, but am still working on the bee.

[ab_grp]

Congrats on the 2fer, Parasaurolophus! Since I think everyone already has one besides me, I hope it's safe to say that I just saw your moniker in there b4ss.  So close! Maybe I will see some words that work at some point now that I have finished other stuff.  Good luck on the bee!