NYT Spelling Bee

[ab_grp]

Congrats on your 2fer, cathwen! I have never heard of platic before.  I just took a look at the schmofficial solution.  Yep, pretty sure I never would have come up with whodunit!

[Parasaurolophus]

GWP yesterday, only halfway so far today.

[Langue_doc]

Afternoon!

Pangram and genius. Last words yesterday were twilit and wildland. Remembered the former from previous puzzles, and the latter because I was looking for events in the wildlife refuge when I saw references to wetlands.

plaudit/touchdown; whodunit, indeed!?

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

Pangram and above genius.

Facticity!? Fatly!? I'm familiar with thinly sliced and thinly veiled (threats), but not fatly sliced whatever.

Off to get my second booster.

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Morning! QBwATHICG to find facticity.

LB just a 3fer zealot-trowel-limbic. And... on to today's.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

Yesterday I needed help for fatly and filially.  I did get facticity, but I think it was a wild guess made in desperation. 

Today I'm at Alpha, but out of steam and ideas. 

LB:  No 2fer yesterday, and none yet today!  Argh.  I have some good words, but not finding words with the leftover letters. 

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

I got the pangram and am nearing genius but switched to the crossword for the meantime.  We both needed help with facticity, and I needed help with a bunch of the -ly words since I had just stumbled onto that pattern when we gave up for the day.

LB has had some unusual words as part of its schmofficial solution.  Maybe today will be a better day!

Good luck with your booster, Langue_doc! My husband and I were just talking about boosters this morning.  I hope it all goes well and smoothly.

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

QBWATHICG but learned a new word villanelle. Maybe I'll use that form for my next budget memo.

LB howled-decaying as well as the rather Freudian gynecologic-chawed, gynaecologic-chewed.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

Yesterday my last word (thanks to hints) was livable.  Darn those alternate spellings! 

Today I am at genius with the pangram. 

As for SB, I finally got chawing-goldeneye.  I used to sometimes see goldeneyes on the lake in the winter when I lived farther north.

No 2fer yet today!

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Almost to genius with the pangram today.  Yesterday I needed two words (avian, naive), but we had team QB.

Congrats on your various and sometimes strange solutions, ciao_yall, and on yet a different one, cathwen! I had a bunch of good contenders and no luck again.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

I just wanted to alert those who haven't seen tweet from Sam or the games newsletter that tomorrow there are apparently a LOT of pangrams.

As for today, I did get to genius + but still have a couple words left.  And no cigar on LB yet.

ETA: Yay!! Got a 2fer!

[Langue_doc]

Evening!

Above 200 words this morning. Founrd all the difficult words yesterday; last words were vain and vial.

Found a two-fer but can't remember either word.

Recovering from the boostr--a cup of tea and a tylenol this morning, and the same along with half a bagel just now.

Pardon the typos, this is the best I can do.

Back to bed.

[cathwen]

Good morning!

Langue_doc, I hope you're feeling better today! 

SB:  I needed help to find queueing, queuing, and teeing.  Today, though, I'm only at Amazing in spite of having found all six (!!) pangrams.  I don't think I'll have the energy or patience to try for QB, although Genius would be nice.  24 points to go until genius...ugh!

LB:  I had lexicon-newspaper, which was the "official" solution.  It took me ages to find that, but  I found a 2fer today right off the bat.

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Finally got to genius, but I think I only have 4 pangrams? I have no idea anymore.  Yesterday we did not get team QB.  I needed 4 words: gigging, intuiting, queuing, queueing.

For LB, I got coxswains-splicer after quite a few tries.  I didn't see either of the schmofficial words.  Congrats, cathwen, and on another today!

Langue_doc, sending you booster recovery wishes.  I hope you were able to spend cozy time in bed resting and are feeling much better.

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

I think I have all the pangrams--lost count after a while because they just kept popping up. Slightly above genius, but that's it, I think, for today. The only unusual word so far is a scientific one that we all know, so keep trying.

Finished the crossword--it wasn't too difficult.

Thanks for the good wishes, cathwen and ab_grp. The brain is no longer addled, but it is still a day in bed.

The procedure was painless and quite efficient. The medical practice of my PCP and the sleep doctor got taken over by one of the hospital conglomerates, so I can go to any of their locations (all the boroughs and also Long Island) to get the shot. The advantages, in addition to the shot being administered by a trained nurse, are that the information gets entered in your patient portal, and the lot numbers, which my institution requires, are clearly visible. The first three vaccines have a purple cap, while the latest one has a green cap, according to the information in the patient portal.

Happy solving!