NYT Spelling Bee

[cathwen]

Good morning!

I'm at Alpha, missing five words.  Yesterday I got to QB with a one letter hint for my last word, penmen. 

LB:  I had the "official" crushable-event.  I have a 2fer today as well.

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

I got to genius with the pangram and moved on to other puzzles for the moment.  Yesterday we both needed help for impenitent, penmen, and I also needed help for tempt, tenement.  I was glad to remember some previous pains in the neck.  Congrats on your QBABY, cathwen!!

For LB I got vulnerable-etchers.  I have some contenders today, but nothing too exciting yet.  Congrats on your 2fers yesterday, Langue_doc and cathwen.  And congrats on another today, cathwen!

Thanks for the additional app/site data, Langue_doc! I'm glad it didn't affect you.

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Morning! QBwH learned a new word impenitent but had forgotten mentee. LB vulnerable-enchants.

Nice to be home, but laundry awaits!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

Whew! Finally made it to genius after finding the pangram quite early on in the puzzle. Missed nanabot and a couple of other words that I knew I had entered. Note to self: remember nanabot which I've seen in previous bees.

Didn't get around to LB because I had to spend more than two hours trying to get through to Verizon (see venting thread).

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Morning! QBwH to remember natal, natant. Maybe I should make a list of words I often miss. LB was the slightly racy romanticly-yep. I didn't think it would take that spelling but okay.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

QB yesterday with 2LL help to find llano, which I have seen before and usually get.  By some miracle, I remembered nanobot, which I have missed in the past.  Today I have just squeaked into Beta.

LB:  I had proem-militancy.  I have one today as well.

Langue_doc, I'm sorry that Verizon has been such a nightmare.  Ugh!

Ciao_yall, I like your 2fer!

Lots of course prep to do today—we'll see how far I get with the Bee and other puzzles.

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Got to genius with pangram.  Yesterday we almost made it to team QB but both needed help with onto, of all things.  I also needed help with nylon.

For LB, I got compiler-ranty, finally.  I think I had about 30 possibilities by then?! Neat that we all had different ones and that none are the schmofficial one.  I had to look up proem.

Yes, Langue_doc, what a pain in the neck to deal with!! You'd think they could have separate customer service for the two systems.  That whole password issue... argh! I have been having very good customer service lately, so I hope the universe's balance didn't tip poorly against you because of it. 

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Congrats on all the twofers. Just got one today.

It's Friday the thirteenth, so I'm waving my magic wand to ward off spells.

[ab_grp]

Congrats on your 2fer, Langue_doc! I just got one, too.  It's a little long so probably not schmofficial.

Speaking of Friday the 13th, I listened to a news podcast this morning in which the presenter said that even though that is the date, he is not "suspicious."  In any case, thanks for keeping the bad stuff away!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

Pangram and above genius. I don't much care for the repetitive bees, so I'm not sure how much energy I'm going to have to look for more words. Last word yesterday was uneaten.

lumbago/overturn

I listened to a news podcast this morning in which the presenter said that even though that is the date, he is not "suspicious."

Hoo boy! Epic vocabulary fail!

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

QBABM yesterday, beyond all expectations.  Last word unlet.  Today I am at genius with both pangrams, but like Langue_doc, may not have the energy to slog my way to 330 points. 

LB:  I had unmoveable-ergot.  I have a 2fer today also. 

What a vocabulary fail, ab_grp!  Perhaps the presenter is suspicious of superstitions!  Thanks for sharing that.

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Finally got to genius, but just with one pangram so far.  Yesterday we got team QB, but I was missing lunate, lunette, lunulae (pattern?) along with tutee, uneaten.  Ugh.  Congrats on your QBABY, cathwen!

For LB I had government-turntable.  Close to schmofficial but a bit longer.  Lots of solutions again! Congrats, Langue_doc and cathwen (plus another today)!

I really like that news presenter and think he's pretty smart, but I have heard a bunch of similar vocabulary or pronunciation issues in podcasts lately.  I just wonder why they don't do whatever the equivalent is of proofreading and re-record parts with errors, but I have no idea how podcasting works.   Maybe it's too much trouble.  Maybe people don't care about the record of the spoken word as much as that of the written word? I make enough such mistakes myself but wouldn't really want them out there for posterity.

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Morning! QBwH for a few reminders for longer words. But also forgot tutee. Gah. Long one today.

LB ungovernable-emote, unmoveable-ergot. Strange 2fer with a word I thought I made up but keeping it.

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

QB yesterday and also today.

I seem to have hit a snag with the crossword--it's probably just a letter gone awry.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Got to genius plus a bit with the pangram so far.  Yesterday we almost had team QB but were both missing nada.  I know I was missing a few others, including the grand(d)ad pair.  Yuck.  Congrats on persevering to QBABY yesterday, Langue_doc, and today again!

For LB, I finally got a kind of weird one, catboat-thinkful.  Oh well, they accepted it.  Congrats on your two from 2 days ago, ciao_yall! I am interested to see what you got yesterday.

Happy solving!