NYT Spelling Bee

[Langue_doc]

It's a dreary one today.

[ab_grp]

We finally each got genius, compared, and got to QB without looking at the program output.  The final word was a guess of letters that could work together, which I am not a fan of.  I managed to get two like that yesterday (photoic and photopic).  The final word we got today seemed very specific given that they did not have "anjou" in there a couple days ago, and that is a pretty common type of pear. 

[Parasaurolophus]

We finally each got genius, compared, and got to QB without looking at the program output.  The final word was a guess of letters that could work together, which I am not a fan of.  I managed to get two like that yesterday (photoic and photopic).  The final word we got today seemed very specific given that they did not have "anjou" in there a couple days ago, and that is a pretty common type of pear.

Anjou is a French province, though, so it's a proper noun.

[ab_grp]

We finally each got genius, compared, and got to QB without looking at the program output.  The final word was a guess of letters that could work together, which I am not a fan of.  I managed to get two like that yesterday (photoic and photopic).  The final word we got today seemed very specific given that they did not have "anjou" in there a couple days ago, and that is a pretty common type of pear.

Anjou is a French province, though, so it's a proper noun.

That makes sense, but they also have "panama" in there.  I assumed it was included because it's a type of hat (?), but it's also a proper noun.  Maybe there's some other distinction between them?

[Parasaurolophus]

We finally each got genius, compared, and got to QB without looking at the program output.  The final word was a guess of letters that could work together, which I am not a fan of.  I managed to get two like that yesterday (photoic and photopic).  The final word we got today seemed very specific given that they did not have "anjou" in there a couple days ago, and that is a pretty common type of pear.

Anjou is a French province, though, so it's a proper noun.

That makes sense, but they also have "panama" in there.  I assumed it was included because it's a type of hat (?), but it's also a proper noun.  Maybe there's some other distinction between them?

Uh oh. Sigh. The 'system' isn't even systematic.

[Langue_doc]

We finally each got genius, compared, and got to QB without looking at the program output.  The final word was a guess of letters that could work together, which I am not a fan of.  I managed to get two like that yesterday (photoic and photopic).  The final word we got today seemed very specific given that they did not have "anjou" in there a couple days ago, and that is a pretty common type of pear.

Anjou is a French province, though, so it's a proper noun.

That makes sense, but they also have "panama" in there.  I assumed it was included because it's a type of hat (?), but it's also a proper noun.  Maybe there's some other distinction between them?

Uh oh. Sigh. The 'system' isn't even systematic.

If the system accepts panama as a synonym for hat, then it should also accept anjou as one of the synonyms for pear.
Today's is joyless. I'm giving up.

[ab_grp]

We finally each got genius, compared, and got to QB without looking at the program output.  The final word was a guess of letters that could work together, which I am not a fan of.  I managed to get two like that yesterday (photoic and photopic).  The final word we got today seemed very specific given that they did not have "anjou" in there a couple days ago, and that is a pretty common type of pear.

Anjou is a French province, though, so it's a proper noun.

That makes sense, but they also have "panama" in there.  I assumed it was included because it's a type of hat (?), but it's also a proper noun.  Maybe there's some other distinction between them?

Uh oh. Sigh. The 'system' isn't even systematic.

If the system accepts panama as a synonym for hat, then it should also accept anjou as one of the synonyms for pear.
Today's is joyless. I'm giving up.

It does seem inconsistent.  The final word we got yesterday was "Puli", which appears to be a type of dog that is capitalized in most references I've seen.  Seems comparatively uncommon and also to test the boundaries of acceptable.

I am almost to genius today and don't think it will be too much trouble to get there.  Not sure about QB yet.  But the pangram (or one of them if there is more than one) seems a bit more difficult than most.   I had heard the word (somewhere?) and got it, but I had no idea what it meant until I looked it up just now. 

[Langue_doc]

I too was surprised to see 'puli'. Just crept up to 79. That's it for today, I think.

[ciao_yall]

The inconsistencies are why I hate the online edition. It will take YUCCA but not LANTANA or VERBENA. YTTRIUM but not VANILLIN. As langue_doc says, it's joyless.

They should put every possible word in the online solution and just set the bar a bit lower.

Meanwhile in the old-school print edition I am one word short from genius this morning.

[nebo113]

The inconsistencies are why I hate the online edition. It will take YUCCA but not LANTANA or VERBENA. YTTRIUM but not VANILLIN. As langue_doc says, it's joyless.

They should put every possible word in the online solution and just set the bar a bit lower.

Meanwhile in the old-school print edition I am one word short from genius this morning.

Where do you get the print edition?

[nebo113]

Boy am I pissed!!!  The first word I put in today was "dicot" and it was rejected!!!  Don't even want to keep going.

[Langue_doc]

Another dreary one. You need @250 points to reach Genius.

[Parasaurolophus]

Hmm. No 'factum' yesterday.

[ciao_yall]

The inconsistencies are why I hate the online edition. It will take YUCCA but not LANTANA or VERBENA. YTTRIUM but not VANILLIN. As langue_doc says, it's joyless.

They should put every possible word in the online solution and just set the bar a bit lower.

Meanwhile in the old-school print edition I am one word short from genius this morning.

Where do you get the print edition?

Sunday paper delivered. It's in the magazine with the crossword puzzle.

I achieved genius BTW.

[ciao_yall]

Are well all doing the same online version?

The panagram was a medical term, but then it would not take OTIC.