NYT Spelling Bee

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Got to genius with pangram so far.  Yesterday I needed help from husband with agendum, gemmed, magnum, unengaged.  At least we had team QB.  I hate not getting a pangram! But I don't think I would have figured that out in a million years.  Maybe if magnum had occurred to me.  Congrats on your QBABY today, cathwen!

Congrats on getting the schmofficial 2fer! Wow! No luck for me.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Hold your praise, ab_grp! I got to QB, but only with SBB help for the last couple of words. Not QBABM, unfortunately! And it took me a good while to find the pangram.

[Langue_doc]

Afternoon!

Almost QB. Don't recall yesterday's last word(s), but found gemmed early on by indiscriminately attaching the past tense suffix to see if it would stick.

Went birding--will post bird list later this afternoon.

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Morning!

QBwSBB, last word papillon. LB hints for roundups-saintly after 3fers and 2fer b4ss. Apparently there were 242 possible answers yesterday... and I couldn't find one of them on my own?

Oh well. Happy solving.

 

[cathwen]

Good afternoon!

QBwSBB for llano, which I should have gotten, and vanpool, which took me ages to think of despite clear hints on SBB. Today I'm at genius with both pangrams.

LB: I had standup-priorly. 242 possible answers? Wow! And I had trouble finding just one.

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Past genius but only one pangram so far.  Yesterday we needed bee buddy for poplin.  I think I needed husband help for vanpool, pillion.

For LB I had roundups-staidly.  Yikes, 242 is a lot of possibilities! I also had trouble finding mine and was thrilled to do so.

Friend call in a bit but will try to get another 2fer today if I have time later.  A streak would be nice...

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Afternoon!

QB. Missed vanpool and pianola yesterday. I know I had a twofer, but will have to look for the scrap of paper I used to write down the words.

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Morning!

QBsWBB - last word nighttime. LB got a nudge for quarkonium-mews. Oddly enough I found quark, women, noticed kinsmen was SS and didn't think of kinswomen. Gah.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Somewhere past genius with pangram so far.  Yesterday we needed bee buddy help with nightie, hitmen.  I know I also needed help with neighing. ! Husband got theming quickly, and that took me forever to figure out.  The reverse was true for nighttime.

For LB I got airquakes-snowman.  That 2fer is a mouthful, ciao_yall!

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

Pangram (tricky) and above genius. Last word was eightieth--found theming by trying the suffix indiscriminately, as I often do.

I think I found a twofer, but can't recall what it was. Found a twofer today by again indiscriminately combining the remaining letters after finding a word that I liked. I have no idea what that word means!

Went looking for the killdeer yesterday morning, and there they were along the same shore, happily playing in the mud.

ab_grp, you're up early.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Langue_doc, I actually was up earlier than usual today, just because I couldn't get back to sleep.  But I also had time to pop on the computer earlier than usual.  I wish that meant better puzzle luck so far!

I just saw this article about Will Shortz returning to NPR Weekend Edition yesterday.  I had not heard of that show, but I guess it's something he has co-hosted weekly and has been absent from due to his stroke.  He sounds like he is recovering and continues to work hard at it.  https://laist.com/news/npr-puzzlemaster-will-shortz-returns-to-weekend-edition-after-stroke-disclosure-in-mar

[Langue_doc]

ab_grp, thanks for the link. I'm so glad to hear that Will Shortz is recovering.

Just found my scraps of paper with the LB solutions: winklers/squamous and standup/pylori for the previous day. Squamous sounded familiar so it might have featured in an earlier puzzle--I don't think I've encountered this word in any other context. Langue_doc, you need to do better than using scraps of paper for writing things down.

[cathwen]

Good evening!

Late with puzzles today, as Middle Daughter is visiting and I had a lot to do to get ready.

QBwSBB yesterday for ghee and ninth (gah!). Today I got to QB with SBB help.

LB: Lots of solutions today! I had winkers-squamous. I found one today fairly quickly.

MD usually comes with Grandson, but he is in France (Strasbourg) with his French class, staying with a French family. We had a very long chat with him today—he seems to be having a wonderful time, and doing well with his French. And it's wonderful to have MD all by herself—we had some great one-on-one time today, walking around our condo complex and chatting, while my husband napped.

Anyway—happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Morning!

QBwHaHFA-GH (QB with Hint and Help From Av-Geek Husband) for nacelle. LB climbers-shorten.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

QB yesterday with SBB for helve and nacelle, although also I needed additional help from my husband for that one. Where do they learn these things? Today I have both pangrams and two words to go.

LB: I had chines-stromboli.

Happy puzzling!