NYT Spelling Bee

[ciao_yall]

Morning!

I hope I didn't spill anything on my laptop - screen looks bad. Uh Oh.

QBwATHICBAWG last word acetal. LB urbanism-misplace.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

QBwH yesterday. Last words lacteal and tallit. Pangram and genius today.

LB: plumblines-sacrum. Oh, goody—some variety this time! Neither ciao_yall nor I had the "official" answer.

Ciao_yall, I hope your computer is okay!

Happy puzzling!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Glad to see the forum is back up (again).  I posted yesterday evening, but apparently that is gone.  No big deal.  When I posted, the most recent post on the forum was from 4/20, so at least there are more recent posts back now, even minus that one.

Past genius with pangram at the moment.  Yesterday we had team QB.  I think I needed lacteal, catcall, cattail?

For LB, I had encumbrances-simple.  Definitely some variety!

More good wishes for your computer's health, ciao_yall!

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Afternoon!

Pangram and above genius.

It was a good trip, but exhausting as I was trying to get plenty of birding done in addition to the main reason for leaving town for the weekend.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Got the pangram and to a bit past genius so far.  Yesterday we needed bee buddy help with curacy, yuca.

No luck on LB.

Glad your trip went well, Langue_doc! I hope you get to get some rest in.  There's been an elusive Scott's Oriole in the tree for two days now.  We can hear him, and he sounds so close! But the foliage has started to grow in to the point that we can't find him! I guess he could be a she.  Maybe one day we will have luck.

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

Pangram and above genius. Didn't get back to the bee after posting here.

ab_grp, good luck on finding the very colorful Scott's oriole! I don't think we get these birds in our part of the country.

[ciao_yall]

Hola!

I hope I can just get my screen replaced. I can see okay but it's annoying. I think it got smashed in the travel adventures because I don't think anything leaked on it.

Anyway QBwH I think my last word was curacy. LB plaudit-thrown.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Past genius with pangrams so far.  Yesterday we had team QB.  I think I needed help with a couple words I might usually get, like affiant, afoot, fiat.

No luck on LB yet again!

I hope it's just the screen and is not too much money and hassle, ciao_yall!

Langue_doc, we keep looking for him/her, but the tree is a mesquite, and the foliage colors of green and yellow make it hard to spot some of these folks.  The sound was very close in the tree, but no luck.  We didn't see any birds nearby today, but it was a bit windy.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good afternoon!

Time got away from me yesterday, so just before going to bed I quickly consulted SBB to get my final four words: afoot, fontina, iota, taxon. Today I'm at genius with both pangrams.

LB: No solution yesterday! I kept looking for something with reflexive with no luck. Today I found a 2fer fairly quickly.

Ciao_yall, I hope that your computer does not need an expensive repair (or replacement)!

Happy puzzling!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

Pangrams and above genius. QB yesterday, but had to resort to BB for a couple of words.

Happy solving!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

QB, with the pangram as my last word. QB yesterday.

jackpots/swirl--found crackpots first, but couldn't fit the remaining letters into a word.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Past genius with pangram so far.  Congrats, Langue_doc! Yesterday we needed bee buddy help with could.

I also had the schmofficial jackpots-swirl after heading down other roads.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning/afternoon!

QBwH yesterday, last words coulee and ounce. Genius with pangram today, one word to go.

LB: I had jackpots-swirl and jackpot-twirls.

Happy puzzling!

[Langue_doc]

Good morning!

QB. QB yesterday as well, but don't recall the last words.

Happy solving!

[ab_grp]

Good morning!

Past genius with pangram and hopefully heading into the home stretch.  Congrats again, Langue_doc! Yesterday we had team QB, thankfully, because it was a busy evening.  I think I needed arrowroot, tramway, warm, wart.

No luck on LB.

We had planned to do a surprise Facetime call over dinner with youngest and partner, which was partner's idea, to celebrate youngest's birthday.  There is a chili we make that is a favorite, and partner made that on their end.  We decided to make a non-vegetarian version over here, so husband went to the store after work to get a bunch of stuff for the recipe he picked out.  Naturally, the power went out for one second at 4PM or so, and when it came back on the HVAC on our side did not come back on.  Long story short, I tried almost everything I could find on google to no avail, we managed to wrangle a tech to come out, and he just unplugged it and plugged it back in, and we paid the after-hours dumb tax, and husband will always have to listen to me from now on when I say that google said to try such and such.  Still managed to get the chili cooked and have our dinner date, but timing is, as usual, everything.  I'm glad the power came back on, of course!  In the grand scheme of things, it was pretty minor.  Earlier in the week I had a coffee-rug incident that cost me several hours of my day, so I am just still getting over that and trying to catch up on things.  I shouldn't complain.  Husband has cardiologist appt this morning because he's been having some issues, so I am going to place my wishes in that direction!

Anyway, hopefully smoother sailing today! Happy solving!