HINTS
H A
8) Negotiating over price
4,7) "FROZEN RAIN the size of golf balls! Caesar!" the
crowd roared
5) Permissible Muslim food
4) Corridor
4,7) Swing from scaffold
8) Painful piece of skin at root of finger
6) Korean alphabet
4,7) Get a U-This truck if you're moving yourself
H I
4) Acrophobia & cannabiphobia make you fear getting THIS
4,7) Where Jack and Jill ran up
7) Depending on like a door's swinging hardware
H U
7) Embracing
4) Hawaiian dance
4,7) Watertight body of ship
4) Undecided jury
I N
8) Breathing in
L A
5,8) Haha
N I
4) Olde English "Close by" like Bill The Science Guy
U N
6,9) Remove man from scaffold
9) A door coming unglued?
6) Remove picture from the wall
Sorry for the multiple submission. The automated censor was particularly wonky this morning. Maybe these will stay together!
HINTS
H A
8) Negotiating over price
4,7) "FROZEN RAIN the size of golf balls! Caesar!" the crowd roared
5) Permissible Muslim food
4) Corridor
4,7) Swing from scaffold
8) Painful piece of skin at root of finger
6) Korean alphabet
4,7) Get a U-This truck if you're moving yourself
H I
4) Acrophobia & cannabiphobia make you fear getting THIS
4,7) Where Jack and Jill ran up
7) Depending on like a door's swinging hardware
Incel
LOVE the picture today.
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Any find their past work isn’t always saved? I have four entire games missing from last week, and words missing from yesterday that I definitely got. A minor irritant, admittedly, but a recurring one. Nobody will believe I’m a genius without the evidence!
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@Alexander
Per regular comments posted here from other players in the last few weeks, these type of glitches seem to be an ongoing issue for those who play using the apps. Those of us who play through our web browsers aren't having the same problems. The NYT team appears to be aware and working on it, but you can report issues to [email protected]
Maybe try playing through your web browser as a stopgap measure until they get it corrected. Good luck.
3
Thank you so much, very helpful. The players on here are awfully nice people, and that adds to the pleasure of the game.
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Could not be later in the day but omg today’s photo is just epic. Brilliant!
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Words missing in "word list" every day... today "telecine." For some reason this one really annoyed me (:
1
CELT and CELTIC were missing and that is nearly as annoying as yesterday’s entire set of letters.
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@Ms. Vikbee Would you be less annoyed if reminded that a Bee rule states that proper nouns aren’t eligible?
4
Anybody had the 8-letter word starting with LE today. The only word for my QB ranking
8
@Winston G. Arpon Be easy on yourself.
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Gracias!
1
@Winston G. Arpon
Facing the possibility of twenty-years-to-life in prison, the convict begged the judge for LE(8) at his sentencing hearing.
10
I think today’s bee photo by Julie Strongberg is especially wonderful. It was such a good move for the Times to use reader-submitted photos.
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@Jeff Dornbusch Yes, and I don’t even like orange! Splendid picture
Julie Stromberg, your photo is magical! Wow.
18
Kudos for the incredible photo! What a great shot.
15
Lectin is a word!
5
Don't forget fennec (as in fox), a very cute critter!
4
Agreed. Those ears put my German Shepherd to shame!
1
Can someone share a different clue for EL7? It’s the only one I’m missing and for some reason the “someone who is EL5” just isn’t working for me. I’know it will be a duh moment when I finally get it.
3
@Judy Rosanno
That was a hard one for me, too
The person you pay is the .....
The person you employ is your ...
The person who attends is an ....
Same pattern for that EL(7) word.
IMO, it is not a commonly-used word; we'd more likely refer to that person as Senator Jones, or Rep. Smith, or an EL(5)ed official.
HTH
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@Judy Rosanno EL7 - How about “if he wins the votes he will become the EL7”
4
@Peregrine
Thanks! I knew it would be a "duh" thing when I finally got it!
1
Incent should be added
3
@Mark O
You could send a gift to the Bee editor and see if it motivates him to select that word for a future puzzle.
6
why isn't LECTIN (a food group) included?
1
Cant believe they don’t allow telecine (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecine). That word has been in use since 1935! I find their word list to be rather arbitrary (for example, including some rather obscure ethnic foods). It takes out of the enjoyment of doing it. I think any word in Webster should be automatically included. Anyone disagree?
2
@KK
Are you suggesting that every Bee game should include all possible words that appear in Merriam-Webster, no matter how many words that might be, and including all the obscure, archaic, technical, and variant words?
4
Yes, he/she is suggesting that. And I agree. Just like the English language.
6
@Moonshine
That would have made today's game balloon to about 124 words instead of 38. Here are the words that were not selected (according to one source) -- would you really, truly want the goal of the game to be to find ALL these words?
cecil
ceil
ceili
cellfectin
cellie
celt
cene
centile
cete
cetene
cetin
cetineite
ciel
cilice
cill
cincinni
cinct
cine
citee
cleit
clifflet
cliffline
clift
cline
clint
cl(4)
clitic
ctene
ctetic
ecce
eccle
efficience
elenctic
elicitin
enceinte
enclitic
entitic
etic
fecit
felicific
fellic
fellinic
fencelet
fenceline
feneticillin
fennec
fice
ficin
fictile
fientic
filicic
filicinin
flic
icen
ictic
ilicin
illitic
in(5)
incent
incle
inefficience
infectee
inficete
intelectin
lect
lectic
lectin
lectinic
lentic
lenticel
lenticelle
lenticle
lettice
licence
licencee
licente
lienic
lineic
litfic
nectin
nicen
nitic
tectin
telecine
teleclinic
telic
tice
tinnitic
tinticite
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One second later, got the pangram!
5
Perfect Friday bee photo!
4
GNP and ABM …. gotta keep going!
4
Why no incent, Celt or Celtic?
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@Phyllis Cureton Although incent is in the dictionary, it's not included for some unknown reason. Because Celt and Celtic are proper nouns, they are excluded.
4
@Phyllis Cureton Although incent is in the dictionary, it's not included for some unknown reason. Because Celt and Celtic are proper nouns, they are excluded.
Correction - Celtic is a proper adjective.
1
Celtic is also an adjective.
2
No Celt or Celtic?
2
@Adam
As you made clear (and correct) in your comment, those words are, respectively, a proper noun and a proper adjective, and therefore not eligible for inclusion in the Spelling Bee.
10
I need someone to explain how the grid works, please
3
@Karen
grid:
each row has the first letter of the word, then shows how many words with 4,5,6… letters (the columns show letter count). At the end of the row there is a total showing total number of words that start with the letter.
hope that helps!
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@Karen
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/crosswords/spelling-bee-forum-introduction.html
Scroll down for info.
4
Is there a way to play Spelling Bee games from earlier in the week that I missed?
8
@Jennifer
I do not believe so.
Anyone else know differently?
1
@Jennifer
Currently, only manually by getting the letter set, then plodding through with pen(cil) & paper (figuratively), and scoring on your own.
4
And I thought FECEL was a 🐝word! But FECEL, what does it matter!
1
A general question: if comments are moderated, how do all the “spoilers” get through?
1
@Paci h
The comments are not moderated for that kind of content.
8
@Paci h moderation is general -- same in all NYT forums.
why not "incent"?
3
@Marilyn McGowan I type that in every time, just in case Sam changes his mind...
Hey Wilmington! I'm near Rockford Park!
@Marilyn McGowan
Why not, indeed? It's an existential question, for sure.
Of course, there are many who posit the opposing view: "Why incent?"
5
Telecine is missing
3
I know this is late but just getting back in. Had sunshine most of day and used the time with celerity. Rain tomorrow.
Thank you Kiki for your explanation on incel. Another small portion of my ignorance scraped away and replaced with … disgust? Anger? Truly without prior knowledge on this topic. That is why important to get out of your silo. If all you see is corn, that is what you use to explain the world.
Thank you to all the Bee ers who take the time to share their world so I may better mine.
And a special shout out to Peregrine! Who was just on fire today! So glad you live in a different Zip code, still a little singed way over here. Lead on!
15
@Wren Hill
Thanks for your reply.
3
Is “lectin” not a word?
3
Why not 'clitic'?
2
@EvaS
It's an existential question, isn't it? The fact that a clitic depends phonologically on the existence and propinquity of another word or phrase calls into question whether, in fact, a clitic can be said to exist at all. And if a clitic does not exist independent of its host, can it be eligible for inclusion in the New York Times Spelling Bee? Who decides?
The clitic's syntactical independence is at odds with its phonological dependence. How do we resolve this? And since a clitic cannot exist without its host, should we not consider it to be a lexicographical parasite? How should we consider this syntactical parasitism within the greater context of linguistic dynamism? How do we consider the relative good to be derived from proclitics, which appear before their hosts, or enclitics, which appear after their hosts? Who decides, and how? This does not even take into account the role of the mesoclitic, which appears between the stem of the host and other affixes, or the endoclitic, which emerges from between the broken roots, as a fungus dependent on dying wood.
These vexing questions, along with other pressing matters of modern lexicographical philosophy, will be addressed at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Amalgamated Federation of Philosophical and Lexicographical Cooperative Associations in Pittsburgh on February 29. Registration is open until January15 at www.AFPLCA.com. Abstracts for presentations must be summitted by December10 to [email protected].
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There are 34 words in today’s Bee. Have you found all of them?
6
@Irish
With a little help from the 🐝 friends! How about you?
6
Heyyyyy! With EF9 use of clues and hints i achieved QB! Third or fourth day in a row, idk, lost count!?! Thank you Sheila, Kline, Steve, and all. Good night! Zzzzzzzzzz
10
The word “licence” is missing in your accepted words today!
6
1. It’s not missing.
2. It’s spelled license in the US.
7
License
2
@Vered Peretz Hi, I quite understand. However, the game we signed up for uses American spelling, thus "license".
5
My longest QB (aim) today, finally finished at 8:30 pm or so, after we got home from the hospital! I started early this morning at a hotel but was cut off at the hospital when my iPhone didn't like the hospital's guest WIFI. Meanwhile, my husband had a few more tests before he could leave.
By late afternoon, the TV in his room stopped working. I finished the book I'd been reading, and I still couldn't get WIFI. There were a few grim hours ahead as we waited for his discharge.
But now we are home. My husband feels good and looks way better than he did when I took him to the hospital yesterday. The cat took good care of the house while we were gone. Both of us feel blessed. The dogs come home from the kennel tomorrow.
Many thanks to Hivers who have posted encouraging and empathic comments. I feel deep gratitude. Thanks to @mdbeck, @KP, @SmallFry, @Mona, @McRumi, @Ladygoat, @Cate, @Vita, @Dave, @ElaineS, @AbbyNemo and @SS. I haven't been able to read comments today, so I apologize if I have missed anyone.
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@AJS
Thank you for sharing this delightful news. We are all breathing a big collective sigh of relief over the success of your husband’s procedure. So good to hear he is experiencing noticeable, positive results already. I hope you get some much-needed rest, too! 🌹
10
@AJS Thank you for sharing your story, and the good news.
4
@AJS So happy to hear you and your husband are safely home. My husband was grey the day he was admitted to hospital for angioplasty. Now, 12 years later at age 61, he is in the best shape of his life. Wishing your husband a speedy recovery!
7
Come on. Enclitic should be on the list. If tinct is good enough, then enclitic should be too.
2
Please explain the reasoning behind this statement.
4
…and why it was necessary to reveal a word in active play. Please respect the players who are still solving the game and who enjoy the challenge of discovering the words themselves.
13
@Mariano
Damned right. I'm tired of arrogant words like TI(5) stealing the thunder from other words. It's a stain on every contraction. (That makes sense, doesn't it?) It's not fair!!!!
Telecine is a word…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine
Please update your dictionary.
1
@B. Holloway To whom are you addressing the remark? We are fellow players here. You could write to [email protected]
By the way, no one said yours isn’t a word. The Bee never includes all possible words—it’s editor’s choice.
14
Part of the game is guessing which eligible words the editor includes.
5
Celt is a word I’m a Celt
3
@Eileen
And you rendered it correctly, as a proper noun.
8
CENTILE. Why not?
3
@Vinny
It didn't make the grade today.
12
Phenomenal photograph today! Needed a nudge to make it up to QB; especially with the 8 letter word beginning with LE
6
@TracyAnn “Teton”
Re: LE8: You might treat someone with this if they broke a rule but had a good reason-running in the halls in order to get to class on time, eg. Some folks use it with a “y”, but I don’t think that’s correct. Cringey for me.
1
Amazing reading!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpEaCp8iiSc
3
@Liz K I am so glad I came back to the Hive this evening and came upon this. What a joy it was to hear Stanley Kunitz read that poem! Oh, my. I will be taking it into my dreams.
My discovery of Hopkins (like Kunitz's) was electric. I was in high school, and a TA in my creative writing class handed me a book of Hopkins' poems--much like the volume Kunitz is holding in that video. I felt as if the world both stopped and started afresh when I read the first of those poems. (I have kept 'The Windhover' and "Inversnaid' memorized all my life, and I recite them to myself often.) I know about half of 'God's Grandeur,' the poem Kunitz read. Maybe getting that one down will be my next 'retirement project.' :)
6
@Liz K
That reading rocked me back in my chair, utterly silent and filled with gratitude that you shared it here. That this stunningly innovative piece of work was published in 1877 is mind bending. As a lover of modern poetry, I can't wait to do a deep dive to connect the dots to the many poets whom the author Gerard Manley Hopkins must have influenced.
@Liz K
I have long loved Hopkins' poetry. I first encountered his work through choral music; his poetry has been set by many composers.
Hopkins, a late convert to Catholicism, expressed his faith through his poetry. His invention of “sprung rhythm” (mimicking natural speech), internal rhymes, and and exquisite use of language are still widely admired.
It's odd... though I am a life-long atheist, I do admire much of the best sacred poetry (and music). Hopkins, George Herbert, and some of William Blake's work are among my favorites.
2
Queen Bee !!! No hints!!! 2nd time since starting in June. It's a honey sweet feeling!! 😋
17
@Steven G.
Woohoo!
10
Once again, "INCENT" is not accepted, perhaps my biggest pet peeve among unaccepted Spelling Bee words. It's not exactly some obscure fancy pants 50-cent elitist Ivy League word.
4
@Andrew Kennelly
The history of INCENT in the Bee ( be sure ti scroll down to get the full picture):
https://www.sbsolver.com/h/incent
5
What is an “obscure fancy pants 50-cent elitist Ivy League word”?
5
“Newport”
1
Absolute stunner of a photo! Thank you for sharing your art, Julie S.
16
Best bee pic everrrr
8
How can "licence" not be included today? It's even got TWO 'c's!
2
@CatsinQ
US English (and spellings) only.
7
@CatsinQ
The editor could not get approval to use the Brit spelling in today's game.
1
Best bee photo ever! Thank you Julie!
9
Celt and celtic?
3
@Nick Proper nouns, capitalized, not eligible
4
Extraordinary photo today! Beeutiful!
10
Celtic, licence & centile.
3
@Tony Revel Celtic is a proper noun. License, in the US, is spelled as I just wrote it. Centile is short for percentile and it wasn’t selected for the Bee.
4
Fence??
@Mlatim
Try again.
Type very carefully.
Check your work.
Enter.
8
@Mlatim
There's a clear boundary between correct spelling and that which is beyond the pale.
4
@Mlatim Please don’t reveal Bee words. Thanks.
3
sorry - just saw the relevant link. Clicked submit before I'd spotted that.
3
licence
2
@burak
The game editor was unable to obtain a license to use British spellings today.
18
how can I submit a bee photo?
1
centile?
@me
It didn't make the rank needed to be selected for today's game.
7
Why isn’t “fennec” allowed?
1
@Christal
That sly fox of an editor did not choose it for today's game!
8
INCENT IS A WORD
4
@Dana
WHAT WILL YOU GIVE TO THE EDITOR TO INCENTIVIZE HIM TO USE IT IN A PUZZLE. STOP. MANY DEPENDENT ON YOUR ANSWER. STOP. WITHOUT INCENTS THIS TOWN IS GOING DOWN. STOP. SEND HELP. STOP.
14
@Peregrine- thank you for making me laugh!
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@Peregrine
Western Union ….
Wait - another synapse connected …
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nGWN51tQxMs
4
This is my favorite bee pic. Open to anthropomorphic interpretation! Enjoying the sun? Taking a rest? Stopping to smell the flowers? I love it.
24
@Carlita I was struck by this bee pic also! I think he's pooped out from all his hard work!
Why are the statistics not available (again.)
5
@Rita Whom are you asking? The staff reply from [email protected]
3
enclitic is a perfectly wonderful word--about words-- that, although likely widely known only among students of latin, is (imnsho) still deserving of selection for this round. I can easily argue it's as widely known as far to, which was a go on yesterday's word list.
4
In my professional life we provide incentives, to INCENT buyers to choose energy efficient products we have incentivized. But the Bee does not seem to like that verb!
2
@Jen M.G.
Maybe you should send a bribe-- oops, I mean an INCENTive to the game editor. I hear that he's partial to those big fancy gift baskets with wine, chocolates, savory cheese snacks, little cookies, fancy nuts, and lots of excelsior.
7
What about “lectin”? I know the editor shies away from ‘sciency” words, but “lectin” is pretty common.
5
@Edward
He got into a bind on that one. The whole thing gave him indigestion, so he passed on selecting it for today's game.
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@Peregrine
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, …
I want to know what’s in your tea today, and where I can get some.
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@Eric B
I AM SLEEP DEPRIVED
also on my second... third? glass of ... something. It ain't tea.
=========
Seriously, a few days ago I decided that I no longer wanted to shame people for posting spoilers or for being ignorant about ... so much. So I decided that I would find a way to make some sort of erudite joke about each piece of low-hanging fruit, as my time and energy permits. I love punning, and I love learning new words and new info, so this is a piece of cake. Or a cup of chocolate pudding. (I'm also cooking dinner right now.)
In the process, I have done a lot of little tiny bits of research, learned a lot, and had a lot of fun. And that's what the Bee is all about, right? Learning new words? Wordplay? Fun?
It's been fun to watch and learn who gets the jokes, and who doesn't. To get the jokes, one must either be hugely and broadly knowledgeable, or be willing to look things up. :-D
If any of the people to whom I respond comes back to post a meaningful riposte, I'll donate $10 to the ACLU for each of them. (Caveat: They'll have to make themselves known to me, and ensure that I rec'd their message.) (Unlikely!)
====
Seriously -- your note means a lot to me , bc you are one of my SB heroes.
13
Photo: ARE WE FUZZY OR WHAT?
Just hangin' onto the edge of a flower petal, as we all must do when tired after working hard.
10
Incent no good?
1
@David Duryea
I ain't no good, oh baby
I ain't no good, not today
I got those incent blues, don't you know
no one chose me today
I'm a sad and lonely word
my syntax done gone
it's a sad, sad, sad world
I can't find my way home
[bridge]
I ain't no good, oh baby
I ain't no good, not today
I got those incent blues, don't you know
no one chose me today
Won't you choose me tonight
Won't you take me on home
Let me conjugate you baby
Don't leave me all alone
[instrumental]
I ain't no good, oh baby
I ain't no good, not today
I got those incent blues, don't you know
no one chose me today
[instrumental]
No, no one chose me today
Life is blue I'm all alone
14
@Peregrine girl, you on a ROLL!
1
How is CELTIC not included?
3
@TJ It’s capitalized and not eligible for the Bee answer set.
4
@TJ
How should it be included?
3
I’m blank today. I’ll try again.
4
I’m finding words with the kind & witty help of the hinters!
💛✨
Thank you!
8
What an amazing photo! The bee looks drugged out from the poppy!!!
12
Possibly dead. We’ve had dead bee photos before.
5
@Moonshine
Aw! No!
3
@Suzanne Absolutely polluted, or defunct! That is, after all, a poppy flower. Not at all my fav foto, it's too spooky, perhaps befitting the All Hallows season?
Oh man I kept trying for the pangram with the two vowels swapped... Talk about conkus bonkus 😵💫
7
WI6, Time to try reflection.
4
Amazing bee picture! A sleeping bee . . . Or perhaps one who’s had just a little too much pollen that day. But seriously, I’ve never seen a picture like this! Thank you!
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@ELizabeth That appears to be a poppy flower, wonder if its pollen has a narcotic effect on the bee?
5
Most fun solve! Many long words and almost all unique words - very few variations of same word.
7
Why not uncle?
1
@Margy
I can't see "u".
6
I meant incel!
6
@Margy
I believe this term is excluded by NYT because it is considered offensive. I support their decision.
“Our word list does not include words that are offensive, obscure, hyphenated or proper nouns.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/crosswords/spelling-bee-forum-introduction.html
“Incel (an abbreviation of "involuntary celibate")…is an ideology, an online subculture, an identity, an online community and/or a movement characterized by public displays of sexual and/or romantic frustration. Discussions in…incel forums have been characterized by hatred, misogyny, misanthropy, self-pity and self-loathing, racism, a sense of entitlement to sex, and the endorsement of violence against women and sexually active people. During 2018, the American Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) described the incel community as "part of the online male supremacist ecosystem" said they included it in their list of hate groups.
Since 2014, multiple mass killings have been perpetrated by self-identified incels, as well as other instances of violence or attempted violence…
A January 2020 report by the Texas Department of Public Safety warned that incels were an "emerging domestic terrorism threat" that "could soon match, or potentially eclipse, the level of lethalness demonstrated by other domestic terrorism types.”
Please read this Wikipedia page to learn more about the group’s history, ideology and promotion of violence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
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Here is the link to my hints
Permalink: https://nyti.ms/3ffzALg#permid=121182399
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BEE BUZZ
October 28
1 of 2
Ball-Rolling Bumble Bees Just Wanna Have Fun [INCLUDES VIDEO]
Scientific American, October 27
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ball-rolling-bumble-bees-just-wanna-have-fun/
Ball-rolling bumblebees have become the first known insects to “play,” researchers say. The scientists recorded these tiny fliers manipulating wooden balls again and again in a series of new experiments.
When animals repeatedly engage in behavior that does not provide them with food, shelter or another immediate benefit, researchers consider the behavior play. Play with inanimate objects is widely observed in animals, although most examples come from mammals and birds, with no record of the behavior in insects until now.
How many bees can you fit in an X-ray machine? That's not a joke
CU Boulder Today, October 27 [Univ. of Colorado at Boulder]
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2022/10/27/how-many-bees-can-you-fit-x-ray-machine-thats-not-joke
Researchers at CU Boulder have used CT scanning to peer inside swarms of honeybees. Bees don’t clump together in a random group. Instead, they seem to form dome-shaped structures following surprisingly sophisticated mathematical rules, or what researchers call a “scaling law.” The results could one day help engineers design more resilient buildings, or even swarms of tiny robots that behave a lot like insects. [ANSWER: 10,000]
[INTERESTING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS]
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BEE BUZZ
2 of 2
Honeybee behavior informs efficiency of wind farms
Techxplore, October 27
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-10-honeybee-behavior-efficiency-farms.html
An algorithm based on the altruistic behavior of honeybees could help those designing wind farms know exactly where to plant each turbine to maximize efficiency and energy output.
Man smuggling bees wrapped around his body nabbed on border
Daily Sabah (Istanbul), October 27
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/man-smuggling-bees-wrapped-around-his-body-nabbed-on-border/news
Customs officers inspecting a man entering Türkiye from Georgia uncovered 1,100 bees, in wooden boxes wrapped around his body. The man had the proper paperwork and went through an X-ray scan but customs stopped him due to suspicious behavior. When he lifted his sweater, a large number of boxes, neatly taped, were detected. Inside 110 boxes were the bees, including a queen bee and nine worker bees in each box. The suspect was detained.
[INTERESTING PHOTOS!]
Promote native bee habitat by leaving some leaves and stems on the ground
Enterprise-Record, October 28
https://www.chicoer.com/2022/10/28/promote-native-bee-habitat-by-leaving-some-leaves-and-stems-on-the-ground-the-real-dirt/
A new approach to fall gardening: changing clean-up routines to build healthier soils and create nesting sites for wildlife, particularly bees. There’s an excellent excuse for “leaving the leaves” and letting dried stems and dead wood stay put. [PHOTOS]
8
Inefficient
4
@Jack
Actually, if you meant to create a spoiler by posting that, it was very EF(9).
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@Peregrine Yes. EF9 also because in posting the one word, there are 2 words spoiled, as they were for me earlier, when all I came to do was leave a brief comment about today's photo. I tried not to look at a single comment, but it was impossible to miss the one word post directly below the comment box. I still think of it as the risk I know I'm taking (disappointed though I am), but I'm happy that there seem to be fewer requests/instructions to browse through comments before posting, and in part I thank you for that.
2
@Jack
😟😱
Lectin is a word !
8
@Christie
The editor isn't bound to use it though, is he?
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@Peregrine
No, but a competent editor would use a metric that separates common from obscure words and explain to game players how he chooses the words on the word list.
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@ZWrite
I was punning on the definition of "lectin." Nothing more.
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Wonder who else was thinking of Darrell Brooks for Steve G's CL6 clue?
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Oh God, I just watched him today so draining
Celtic isn’t allowed?
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@Lisa Jenkins
Only on March 17, and only then if the rule on proper adjectives is lifted for a day.
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@Lisa Jenkins Hey Lisa. How's it going? I made it to Amazing ABM, needed hints to get to GABM today.
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Ok, I guess that’s on the BEE page in community page, to find that info… right?
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It took a while to "C" that last word. 👑
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L E T T E R B O X E D Fri 28 Oct
@12:00amPDT/03:00amEDT
https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/letter-boxed
Please post hints for the current puzzle in reply to this thread and please recommend this anchor post.
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Link to "Beyond the Crossword" column dedicated to Letter Boxed:
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@MEW (Michael) has an automated page that publishes all possible two-word solutions for the previous day's Box at 1:00amPDT/4:00amEDT. The link doesn't change, the page updates itself. Here is that link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0gSzeTNrl3XYnr2AarWHEZdd8lzd71x/view?usp=sharing
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I'll continue to post this anchor comment when the Bee and the Box reset each day at 12:00amPDT/3:00amEDT, and it SHOULD remain near the top when you sort ALL comments by Oldest.
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Fri 28 Oct
@12:00amPDT/03:00amEDT
Sam's solution Oct 27:
STAMP --> POWERFUL
Letters for Oct 28:
P L T / Y N E / C R B / K A U
Link to today's thread:
https://nyti.ms/3TM2v8X#permid=121179593
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This second link from Michael @MEW contains only the NUMBER of two-word solutions for today's box (no spoilers) and is refreshed at 1:00amPDT/4amEDT every day. The link doesn't change, but the underlying document is auto-updated:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-4jEVMXqsrMA8Mjnp69GRkrMmIdDfJkQ/view?usp=sharing
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@Judi
(B-R) 10 (R-Y) 10
1. Traveller.
2. Hesitancy.
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@Judi
T - C (4), C - K (9)
Clay mineral;
Dystopian SciFi
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Poetry October 27, 2022
Cinquain (lizk)
Not so sure about humans
The foal
stays afar back,
in the tall flora. Mama
comes for her apple, but he’s
aloof.
Bee words: foal, afar, flora, aloof
Wow, what a wonderful bee photo, all pollen covered!
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@Liz K
Such an endearing image that captures the essence of a parent-child relationship sometimes. Touched my heart. Thanks so much.
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Hey, Liz K! It’s been awhile but, after riding and hanging out with horses as much as I possibly could as a kid (even though I grew up in inner-city Chicago), then working with them both as a trainer and at a breeding farm (and the racetrack) on Long Island as a way of supporting myself and my young son (who’s dad skedaddled when I was diagnosed with lupus 18 mos. after Ryan was born) while I went to nursing school, and finally, teaching lessons and continuing to train dressage horses as a means to support my horse once I was a nurse, I had to comment. They were, obviously, a huge part of my life until illness and disability made that impossible. Sorry there’s way “TMI” here but it’s hard for me to curb my enthusiasm where horses —and dogs!— are involved.
Anyhoo, I spent a lot of time with mares and FOALs, and your poem catches the essence of both beautifully. I love it! And please don’t think I haven’t been reading —and thoroughly enjoying— your poetry daily because you no longer hear from me. Mike, my partner, is going through treatment for prostate cancer and, though I peruse the forum as much as possible, I don’t have time to comment — and when I do, it’s so late that I don’t think it’ll be seen. I hope you’re well and are enjoying the things you love!
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@Liz K Mama comes for apple. That is the most touchingly loving word/term of endearment/succinct description of a mother’s half of things. Thank you for this.
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How pleasant. I have had two consecutive QB's having never had any, ever. Life is full of surprises. I guess I have learned new words and pathways have developed from my experience, despite my 77 year old noggin. Sam is noggin acceptable hence?
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@Curiouser
I like what's in your noggin.
Celt, celtic ??
@M
It's not proper to include names in the Spelling Bee.
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@M capitalized words aren’t eligible
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I messaged the moderator given words such as Why is fecit, licet or lectin ..not a word
To paraphrase the reply : albeit NYT audience is quite diverse, they try to avoid words specific to a deeper subject, professional knowledge, etc.
Thanks to the community for hints
Now back to todays challenge where just shy of top level
Good Luck players !
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@Matthew M
May you have a FELICITous result!
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This bee is adorable
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@Erin He looks tuckered out.
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@Erin
Julie, your bee today is fabulous. And why should a busy bee not grab a nap when possible?
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Cynthia True, but a completely unsatisfactory way to administer a fair game.
The editor needs to explain how he decides to choose some words and not others. There are numerous metrics that show how common words are. The editor has chosen to use none of these. That leads to complaints about why one word was selected and another wasn't. He has no explanation for any of the complaints. None.
And the one sentence under "more" is not adequate. Many people here think that all legit words should be in the bee. They're wrong, but their complaints are legit.
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@ZWrite If the game is not to your standards, you are not obligated to play. There are computer programs that generate all possible English words from a given combination of letters; you can test yourself against that if that’s what you want to do.
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@Eric B
As I told you before, before you made sure my responses to you were deleted, your comment is completely 100 percent unacceptable.
The rules need to be seen by game players, not readers of a newspaper article. The Undaunted One does lots of interviews, but refuses to communicate to game players. His comments are often contradictory.
The emperor has no clothes.
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Celtic is not in the word list
@Lilly
Capitalized, proper noun.
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@Lilly
You could find it in a list of proper adjectives, though.
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@Beverly
What about Roman, Indian, American and English ?
Hooray to Julie Stromberg for the great bee photo. Looks like if you patted it gently it would purr not Buzz.
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Yesterday @Ladygoat and I had a most interesting conversation that started with some rusted out floorboards and ended with some remarkable coincidences:
https://nyti.ms/3sFdipn#permid=121175458
“Floorboard” was the pangram in yesterday’s Bee.
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@Peregrine
A true pleasure, that. I meant to tell you (my bird watching friend) that we have many tall pine trees in our neighborhood, and two red-tailed hawks have been nesting here in the crowns of nearby pines for the last two seasons. I've managed a (poor) imitation of their various cries with a sort of airy high whistle, and when I hear them at a distance outside I'll step out and whistle away. It usually isn't long before at least one of them comes and circles quite low overhead above me for a minute or two before sailing back upward. They aren't aggressive in these instances-- they seem to be just observing me, and it's an incredible experience. In the last couple of days they've built a nest much closer to our fence line in a neighbor's tree, and it's a pleasure to watch them luft their wings before settling in.
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Don't forget to vote on Nov 8, EL5 the candidates that think about our planet's future 🌏
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@CM
I'm choosing candidates of IN(9) who will stay within the bounds of LI(5) behavior, who understand the important of being NI(4) to everyone and caring for those in need.
I reject those who IN(6) our body politic with the TI(5) of greed for power. I reject those who FL(6) their cult members in order to accrue wealth. I reject those who IN(6) violence as a means to gain and retain power and to get more money.
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@CM 👍 My son and I are voting from abroad!
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W O R D L E B E E S
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FRIDAY, October 28 3:00 AM EDT
https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
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Yesterday‘s WordleBot Solutions
Wordle 495 - October 27, 2022
In Standard Mode (Luck 56)
SLATE
CORNY
CARRY
In Hard Mode (Luck 55)
LEAST
CAROM
CARRY
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@Eric B
Annoyed with myself. Should’ve been done in three but I somehow misread something (I think I got confused on the lines/turns) and I didn’t see the last letter I had added with my second guess, therefore it accidentally wasn’t incorporated into guess three. Because I’m ridiculous. 😩 Schjenxmfjvkhmrgrumble.
SmashBot’s comments (in brief) are listed below to the right per turn and the number of words left after each guess are in parentheses.
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ strong; lucky (7 words left)
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 narrowed partly by luck (1)
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ couldn’t be the solution (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 solution; well done
Skill 56 | Luck 81
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@playmin
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Please 🔸spread the word🔸 this thread is here! Hopefully we can get most people to post their words [just] here instead of all over (and over and over again) throughout the forum. If the posts are all here in an easy to locate place, it may help keep down the repetitiousness, or at least just confine it here.
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@playmin cilit as in bang
1
@playmin fennec - a North African desert fox
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Maybe that darling 🐝 is "hanging 10" on his petal surfboard ???
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What an adorable picture of a little bee peeking over the edge of a peach-colored flower! Thank you, Julie Stromberg!
🌷🐝 🌸🐛🌻🦋🌼
Thank you, @Bad Bob, for identifying the Bindweed turret bee (Didasia bituberculata) and the Desert Globe mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua).
https://nyti.ms/3TI3zum#permid=121179839
This morning, I watched Heather Holm's talk in the OSU Pollinator Habitat 101 series. One thing I learned is that about 35% of bees in the western US are pollinator specialists. I wonder if this bee is a specialist, too.
Recordings of the series available here:
https://u.osu.edu/pollinators101/recordings/
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I’m pretty sure the bee in Julie Stromberg’s photo is sleeping. I’ve noticed several bees over time who were hanging out on a native plant and noticed them still there, not moving, hours later. Recently a bee suctioned itself to the glass sidelight on our door and I got to study him for hours, asleep. When he first woke he stretched parts of his body in a leisurely way before flying off.
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QBABM! Yay me. I knew I was just one point—one four letter word away and that I must have missed any easy one. And sure enough, it was one of the first words I would have usually found. I appreciate and relatively easy BEE once in a while.
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@Jafawa congrats!!!
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one 8-letter word to QBABM....do I have the IN9 to do it???!!!
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@McRumi
Not until we receive your IN9 evaluation exam will we be able to let you know. A painless procedure.
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I'm FICIENT for a prefix or a suffix, but they're all insufficient.
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@SS
Don't forget that pretty productive late Middle English double vowel suffix-- I did, and spent entirely too long overthinking one word this morning. :-)
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@Ladygoat
Eek, thanks! :) jk
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@SS
Hope I didn't give up the ghost!
LECTIN is a WORD
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@Linda dean
Lectin is a word, but not a word chosen by the editor for inclusion in today's Bee wordlist.
If you'd like to suggest it for inclusion in a future wordlist, email it to [email protected]
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@Linda dean
IT SURE IS
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Why is Celtic not on the list?
@Lea M.
Did you notice that you capitalized the word?
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Now THAT’S a picture! That bee looks like it’s happily lazing on the lip of a poppy.
Thank you so much Ms. Julie Stromberg. That picture just rocks.
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Licence - misspelt in USA!
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@KP
Misspelt is misspelled in UK!
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@KP In the US, spelt is a grain, not a past participle.
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Celt, Celtic lectin, nicene, fennec.
@Lisa O
Celt, Celtic, Nicene -- Proper Nouns And Adjectives Are Not Ever Included In the Bee
lectin -- Some people may find it hard to digest the fact that this word was not selected for today's game.
fennec -- The Bee editor outfoxed us by not selecting this cute word for today's game
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No LECTIN? Denied!
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@Dennis
Denied! Too funny. 😀
@April I can hear that being intoned, but can't remember from where Am I half-remembering? Can you fill in the context? (Is it from a commercial?)
1
I would’ve thought that lectin would be included today. Also, Julie what an extraordinary photo! Gorgeous!
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@Jeanette Swafford I was just coming her to say the same thing!
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Wow - nice bee photo! Question for those who have submitted: I submitted one a few weeks ago and tried to follow all the guidelines for format etc, and have never heard back whether it was even received, or didn't qualify for some reason etc. Should I resubmit, or just assume that no response at all implies rejection?
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@AliceInBoulderland
Maybe @David Illig can answer.
His image(s) have been used, and he’s a regular here.
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@AliceInBoulderland
I expect there is one intern or staff member who has as 0.0001% of their job the responsibility to archive and respond to submissions. Since photos shown on the forum page are often out of season, that tends to confirm that the photos are selected based on artistic merit from ALL of the submissions received and retained to date. I suspect there are enough photos by now to get the Bee through the winter and beyond.
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@AliceInBoulderland
I'm sure they're inundated. and can't respond to everyone. Photos of this caliber have me convinced my submission won't see the light of day.
Dear Julie Stromberg: This is an amazing photograph. It invites a whole children’s story! Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Centile. ???
1
This is UK English. We use percentile.
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Thanks for photo J Stromberg, Looks like today’s bee is having a spa day!
May we all!
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I am not so much as glancing down, being mid-game, but I just had to come and say: wow -- clearly I need to buy more socks! Just when I think all of mine have surely been knocked off already by the remarkable hive-submitted bee photos we've had up to now, Julie Stromberg comes along and gives us this spectacular image. Thank you, Julie Stromberg, and also NYTimes for taking advantage of the digital interface in such a glorious, joy-inducing way.
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71.4% of the field gets you Genius.
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@MikeR
“Rank” is determined by percent of total points available. Everyday nytbee.com analyzes the day’s game, and includes an assessment of share of words needed to reach G. Here is today’s:
“Genius requires between 18 and 29 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.”
https://nytbee.com/
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@MikeR
And in baseball .333 is a strong average?
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You should not reject the word CENTILE
2
In US English we use the word percentile instead.
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@nanook Noted.
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🌸🌸🌸 Same letter list, with mnemonics
10/27/22
alfalfa, fall
The harvester was so quick, the ALFALFA was baled before it could FALL.
aloof, falloff, foal, loaf, loofa, offal
The FOAL is so ALOOF, he didn’t notice how his FALLOFF of OFFAL formed a LOAF shaped like a LOOFA.
flora, floral
Not all FLORA have FLORAL scents.
afro, farro, fora
Hair in an AFRO, she spoke at all the grain FORA about the virtues of FARRO.
flood, fold
He loves to FLOOD the zone with nonsense until all opposition feels forced to FOLD.
doff, food
DOFF thy hat before sitting down to eat thy FOOD.
Thank you @Martin for starting these lists. It's a lot of fun putting these crazy words together. Good Bees 🐝🐝🐝to all!
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@Pam I appreciate your doing this, Pam. I wish more people did. It would shorten my daily search. 🥰
This photo is exactly what I look like after a QBABM. (OK, symbolically.)
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Thirst trap bee! What a beauty!
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🍄🍄🍄
Each answer in this puzzle is a two-word phrase in which the first three letters of each word, when read in order from left to right, form a common six-letter word. For example, the answer PRECIOUS STONE would form the word PRESTO. The 12 six-letter words created by the answers are listed below the clues.
*If you’d like to play, please don’t spell out the answers. If you feel like it, you can clue whatever answers you’d like. Or, when you’re finished, simply leave a note to let me know. Many thanks!
1. Striped item in a Christmas stocking (5,4)
2. Extort money from, slangily (5,4)
3. Experiment with a dummy? (5,4)
4. Atoned for past mistakes (4,6)
5. Message you’re supposed to copy and pass on (5,6)
6. Tentative measure used to gauge public opinion (5,7)
7. Performer who might wear a cowboy hat (7,6)
8. Competition won by a knockout? (6,7)
9. Polo player, e.g. (9,5)
10. Possible follow-up to an unplanned pregnancy (7,7)
11. Screen on a desktop (8,7)
12. What doctors who perform autopsies have studied (8,8)
BEACON COUSIN MADAME
CANCAN CRATES SHADOW
CHALET FORMED SHOWED
COMMON HORRID TRIBAL
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@Martin
Answers to Wednesday’s game (10/26/2022):
1. praising, raisin 2. warranty, arrant 3. intend, Nintendo 4. Oregon, foregone 5. consider, onside 6. siphoned, iPhone 7. arouse, carousel 8. lassie, classier 9. lacrosse, across 10. crockery, rocker
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@Martin
I got them all, but can't think of any way to write additional clues. As always, it was a kick to do, and I thank you for faithfully posting these puzzles. They are good exercises for my aging neurons!
Have a great weekend
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@Terry
As long as you're having fun, it's all that matters.
Have a great weekend!
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Took an unusually long time to find the pangram and reach GABM....now to find the crown....spin, spin, spin..... Tricky little Bee today!
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@McRumi more patience in seeing than me. Congrats to you! Knew them all with the HINTERS but gave in long before you.
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This might bee the best photo yet, I feel like it needs a caption. What would you put?
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Please see “Reply” for more info.🐝
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A spoiler is any word in today’s Spelling Bee. It is also a word containing any word in today’s Spelling Bee. Example: If today’s Bee accepts “FLORA” and “FLORAL” typing the latter in your comment is a spoiler for both.🐝
Bee convention is to type the first two letters in capitals followed by the total number of letters in the word. BOFFO=BO(5)🐝
Words not accepted in today’s Bee are not spoilers unless they contain an accepted word.🐝
Kindly try typing in your word a few times or with alternative spellings before commenting it wasn’t accepted. Thank you! I hope this is helpful!🐝
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@Spelling Marauder
This reminds me of the ostrich in a Disney attraction, languidly singing, “I’m only a bird (bee) in a gilded cage.”🎶
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Thank you, Julie, for today’s bee at rest photo. He looks drunk on pollen!
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@Irish
I was trying to decide if she was coming off a three day bender or a triple shift down at the plant. The grip on the edge of the petal suggests vertigo? Or indignation for the photo interruption?
Each viewer brings their own life to the image, what good art is supposed to do.
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Lenticel is a scientific term that is FAR less obscure than farad! Come on!
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@vigg We all have different ideas about what is obscure, or what we wish we were included. Luckily, we have an editor who decides.
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Got my GABM this morning. Now to work on QB!
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Kudos to Julie Stromberg for such an incredible capture of a bee apparently resting! Such a chill photo. I love it!! 💕
🐝🌺🍯
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This has to be one of my least favorite bees. Words failed me today. I'm annoyed with you, Sam.
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Back for one day only!!!!
Trade in any and all your LICENCEs for Hive friendly LICENSES.
This offer is a must for all. Be among the first 100 to sign up and you will receive the Nautical Terms Handbook as a bonus. Learn all the marine words Sam doesn’t allow in the Hive.
*Offer good until midnight tonight. May include some shipping & handling costs.
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@Emgred
Would I see a bee at the sea?
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@Wren Hill
Yes, yes you would.
FYI - My wife is an alum of Western Washington U
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In the 1980s I used to work in a television station and we had something called a Tele cine machine. It’s how you would be able to show a 16 mm film broadcast it to your audience like that’s how I sent Star Trek to the people of Binghamton New York
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@Steve Fogel
thanks for the shout out to my mom’s hometown! Binghamton may still use tele cine machines, come to think of it ! And I agree with your left out words. Does that show our age as compared with the game master and editor? 🤣🤣
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Good morning all. Hope everyone is well.
GN4L @21/138.
Bee back later.
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Nice puzzle.
3
Which single word kept me from QB? IN9!
😂
4
Why not ‘incent’?
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@Viki Mac
What'll you give the editor to do something about it?
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@Viki Mac
Incent is business jargon for incentivize. My spell checker just flagged it in the last sentence.
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@Bob your location makes me smile!
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Missing - cline, cine, lenticle
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The bee looks like it is sunbathing on the flower petal.It is hard to get into the mind of a bee. Yet this photo makes it just a bit easier. With all that fuzz think how sensitive it is to it's environment. Imagine eyes that take up a quarter of your body space. It must be all about sight and touch.
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Where are its wings?
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@Mary Diana
Folded on its back. The view is of the side and underside of the bee, so we can't see its back
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Got it, thanks!
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I know how to send bee photos in but I've submitted a few clear, closeup bee photos that haven't been used.
I'm wondering if I send in a batch of good photos in one go, they would have more chance...
I'm also wondering whether they just choose from photos sent in the previous day?
If that's the case I should probably make more regular contributions.
Anyone privy to this information? 😊
Stunning photo today by Julie Stromberg!
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@Sue J I'd love to know too. If one of the Bee photo winners could describe their timeline (time between submission, communication back from NYT, and publication) it would help out the rest us aspiring Bee shooters.
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@jp Absolutely. I've been reluctant to repeat my submissions (didn't want to bombard them) but if they are choosing from very recent submissions, then I've definitely been doing it wrong!
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QB at last. I was four words out for a while, but the fell one by one.
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@Bob Acker
Congrats to you!
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The bee in today’s picture is amazing capture!!!
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The word that is missing is ENCEINTE, meaning pregnant, for which there is a Merriam-Webster entry.
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@Canaan Morse
Apparently the editor hadn't conceived of including it among the words selected for today's puzzle.
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@Peregrine
You’re on a roll today.
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@Eric B
She's absolutely fecund.
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celt and Celtic!!!!!!
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@anonymous Capitalized!!!!!!
3
ceil - to furnish with a ceiling
M-W
Stung by the 🐝 again!
🐝🌺🍯
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@julie stromberg The photo!! Is that a bee napping? Amazing shot.
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“Incent” is an Oxford Dictionary word and a Scrabble word, but not a Spelling Bee word. Will I find it in the NYT?
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@Dag
It's not a Spelling Bee word *today." Maybe some other time, if the editor is sufficiently motivated.
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Ficelle= the thinner, crunchier baguette
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Lots of words are missing from your list which i put down to American english , but ' centile'
What's wrong with that ?
@M
It didn't make the cut today. Not counted. Not of sufficient rank to be included.
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@Peregrine You're good at this! :)
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How is incent not a word.
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@Steve Fogel
Wait, what? It's no longer a word? How does that even happen?
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@Steve Fogel
The message states “Not in word list”.
The Bee never claims an entry is “ not a word”.
Exclusion from the Bee does not diminish the word’s validity elsewhere.
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@Kiki in the early days, the Bee said exactly that. The community that gathered in a single thread on the crossword comments site, the early Bee-ers, pushed back and got it changed. A lot of those people no longer participate in the Bee community. They are missed.
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OMG! Best bee picture ever! Looks like my cat when feeling lazy with her paws overhanging the top of her cat tower. I've never seen a bee lying down!
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@drew I thought the same and is that a dog reflected in the eye???
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@LoriRae
Not a reflection but I see the pattern you're referring to.😊
Beautiful photo!
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@LoriRae
I see the sitting Great Pyr too, but think it's just our imagination.🐝🐕
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Bagels, Donuts, and Fancy Footwork
CLINT and FELICE were headed toward the FE5d IN INN for
a night of LINE dancing. She was wearing her TENCEL denim dress and low boots, he had on a light FL6 vest and a NI4 TIE. "You know, FELICE, I have two LEFT FEET, I'm not sure I can do this!" "I have full confidence that once you hit the floor, you will be EN6d to jump right in." They took in the scene, greeting a few CL5s from her legal CL6 and his EC8 polling company. Appetizers were being served made from lamb and FENNEL, rICE, and a liqueur flavored with LICorICE. "Hey, CLINT, they're starting the ELECTrIC sLIdE! Let's go!" He shuffled around the TILE floor, trying his best to move EF9ly, envious of the ELITE dancers. The EF6 was not elegant yet, but he was IN7d not to give up. The next dance called was A LITTLE bIT LIT and they made progress. After a few attempts, CLINT was so pleased he LIFTed FELICE up in the air! "Whoa! That move was somewhat IL7, but totally fun! I think you just fell off the LINE dance CL5!" "Oh, yeah, I FELT it! Let's go!"
bee fleet footed and have fun!
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@SS
Wonderfully delightful! Good to see you back providing these delicious donuts, this one light, airy and sweet. Thanks. Loved it.
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@SS
Clint might have felt a finacle in his tennies, making his dancing feet (feat?) feel ever more painful.
Great post-- what a hoot!
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@SmallFry
You're very kind, as usual! Maybe it should be
a fritter?
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Wow, I hardly notice the bee pictures, but the one today is astounding!
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They’ve been extraordinary since they switched to using photos sent in by players. Not to be missed even if you don’t need clues or gripes about missing words.
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🌏🌍🌎
Today’s bonus pangram-only game:
(If you’d like to play, please don’t spell out the answers. Please reply with hints or clues. Many thanks!)
C, F, I, R, T, U, Y (1 pangram)
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@Martin
Answers to yesterday’s pangram game (10/27):
A, B, E, G, H, L, U ----> laughable, huggable
@Martin
The bees have this effect on apple trees.
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@Martin - My efforts this morning were barely fruitful.
🐻❄️🍑🍓🍒🍎🍊
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Without even bothering to scroll down, let me in the style of Carnac the Magnificent introduce the Whine of the Day: “What is INCENT?”
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Beats me.
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I’ve never commented on the bee photos before, but this one is absolutely out of this world! This bee is just relaxing and chilling out. The flower is its holiday hammock!!
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I agree wholeheartedly. Capturing the unexpected.
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Today's BEE rejected "LICENCE" as a word.
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@Jagadish Damle
The editor applied for, but did not receive, license to use British spellings in today's puzzle.
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Nope. Says it isn’t on the list. Not that it isn’t a word.
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@Jagadish Damle
Is NJ part of the UK now? The editor has mentioned that he includes only US spellings in the game.
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We are missing LECTIN.
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QB-3, went to Steve-O for the rest. Often stumble over the same type of words, but have improved since last year.
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where can we get some incentive to add INCENT to the licit list? :)
@Jeff
The LI(5) way to mention any of today's words here in the forum is like this: LI(5). Spoilers are IL(7) and may IN(7) annoyance and some pointed pushback.
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Sorry, that last should be "IN(6) annoyance"
Oh, for an edit function!
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@Jeff: Email the editor and ask that he replace “reward” and “encourage” with the corporate garbage word “Incent.”
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Love the "reclining" bee, who deserves a break after
hard work. And the warm colors!
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This is a game-if you want to select the words you should apply for the job. I’ve gone on here a few times and it’s too repetitive and whiny. I find doing the bee is a happy place.
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@duchi
I love the game, too.
The forum has some wonderful interchange about words and language, and a wealth of creative responses to recent Bee games... yes, you have to get past all the the "missing word" alarums, but those can be fun too, or at least many of the responses are.
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Tencel is a type of fabric, but not included in the list
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@Katy
Tencel is a brand name, and thus a proper noun, and thus not to be found in this Bee's closet.
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Fun one today….QB just needed two hints. I know I should walk away and come back when Im that close but the need to finish is as great as the need to do the 🐝 each day. Thanks all for the humorous and intelligent comments and hints. Have a 🐝utiful weekend.
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Where is INCENT?
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@Steve
Apparently the editor was not sufficiently motivated to include it today.
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@Steve: In the corporate garbage-speak bin where it belongs. “Reward.”
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IN THE BARN
1/3
Our old farmstead in northeastern Massachusetts consisted of a large three-story colonial house connected to the enormous barn, and a stable out back that stood at right angles to the barn. The house had been built around 1760; the barn and stable were added in the following century. Together, the buildings formed a sort of backward J, enclosing the big back yard. The front yard was shaded by five gigantic horse chestnut trees which were nearly 200 years old when I was a little girl.
The barn had been designed for horses and carriages. There were four large “loose box” stalls along each wall, with extra bays fitted out for storage of tack, etc. Carriages and buggies were stored down the broad center aisle on raised platforms that protected the floor from iron wheels. The old pung was stored in a corner stall. Above the stalls on each side were the haylofts, and above them, the “third hayloft” high under the roof, which was at least 50 feet above the foot-wide floorboards. (The old Ford stayed in the driveway; our horses and hens lived in the stable.)
The lofts were filled with alfalfa hay every year, offloaded from a huge flatbed truck. The hay was food for our own few horses plus the several that boarded with us. (That income made it possible to afford the keep for our own horses.) It was amusing to watch the occasional foal, attracted by the floral scent of the fresh hay, try it out and then retreat to its mother’s side.
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2/3
The barn was built of chestnut; the unfinished wood glowed like gold when the afternoon sun filtered in from the apple orchard out back. Built-in ladders enticed curious – and foolish – children to the lofts above, where we would jump from the topmost loft into the deep hay on the second story, avoiding the falloff near the edge. Why did we never fear falling to that floor so far below?
I liked being alone in the barn. I remember one day when I was mad at the whole world (little fool that I was), I climbed to the second loft, folded myself down behind the hay, and peered out through a knothole to the backyard afar below, aloof to the noisy family party amid the garden flora.
From a large iron hook embedded in the edge of the upper loft, an enormous rope, as thick as a man’s arm, reached nearly to the floor. The end was tied into a huge knot, plenty big enough for a child to sit on. This was our swing – a delight on summer days when we loafed in the cool barn, or on wet spring days when floods of cold rain kept us in. It was an enticing place for a wondering child to swing, and dream, and wonder.
Bee words used from 10/27: afar, afford, alfalfa, aloof, fall, falloff, flood, floor, floorboard, flora, floral, foal, fold, food, fool, ford, loaf, offload, roof
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3/3
The old pung was featured in this reminiscence: https://nyti.ms/3y5ssHC#permid=120707656
The orchard was the backdrop for this story: https://nyti.ms/3eP3J3R#permid=121060985
Photo of the old place, taken today from Google maps: https://tinyurl.com/2p9du3ds
When I lived there, the barn was unpainted weathered chestnut wood, all silver grey. In the photo, you can see one of the old horse chestnut trees at far left. The others are gone. All the tidy landscaping here is new; we didn’t have “landscaping,” just an old overgrown forsythia, several yew bushes, a tree-sized trumpet vine that attracted many hummingbirds, and a little kitchen garden.
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@Peregrine Lovely.
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Wonderful picture Julie
Thank you
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My goodness, Julie! What an amazing 🐝 pic!
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After the flood
A woman kneels on her roof
waiting to be lifted to safety.
A young man carefully steers
his grandmother in her wheelchair
over the submerged floorboards of her home.
Suddenly homes are no longer homes.
Floors are flooded, precious possessions
in possession of the elements.
After the flood
food and supplies come from afar,
volunteers help clean up, rebuild,
and assist people in obtaining
necessities they cannot afford.
How long after the flood
do people forget the flood?
How long does it take
after seeing a woman on her roof
to become aloof to tragedy?
It may be a fire, not a flood.
It may be an earthquake, not a fire.
It may be a disaster brought on
by human malice, rage, or despair.
Suddenly, for some,
the world as they’ve known it comes undone.
Such things can happen anywhere.
Our charge is to remember, and to care.
Oct. 27 Bee words used: flood, roof, floorboard, floor, food, afar, afford, aloof.
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@mdbeck
What a reminder. Thanks!! Life goes on sadly for everyone. Remembering tragedy of the other is so difficult but you’ve captured the need beautifully. It reminded me of a recent story of a coal miner rushing home to take his boy to the blue-white game, covered in coal dust. Picture highlighted by the KY coach went viral. The miner and his family were from the hard hit Floyd County Kentucky area hit by the flood with that area still trying to recover. The earnings from blue-white game given to the Governor to provide some relief to the victims of the flood. I hope I told this accurately enough. Heartwarming, just like your message, a reminder of what can be, could be. Thanks.
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@mdbeck
This gave me chills, literally.
Powerful writing, necessary for powerful ideas.
thank you
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@SmallFry Thank you! And I was moved by your story--which I think I can look up, based on the info you provided. We do become callous and indifferent when we shouldn't. There is also the factor that we can only hold and process so much. Not becoming desensitized to tragic, scary, worrisome events takes effort--and perhaps qualities not everyone has, as far as inner stamina goes. I try to keep that in mind.
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TODAY'S PHOTO. Wow! I've never seen a bee in so much of a happy daze...lounging on a petal after diving into the gold. Fabulous.
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@Somewhat. Bees often nap 💤 in flowers. Sometimes two snuggle together.
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lectin is a word I believ
3
The obstinant puzzle
The first word that I tried was CL4
but it was having none of it.
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If voters would use their IN9 in deciding whom to EL5 this country would be in much better shape.
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Very good! Move to the head of the class!
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Celtic is a word!!!
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@Maris Sparks
Indeed it is. However, it is capitalized and ineligible for the Bee.
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They should NICEN up this place
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In honor of today’s awesome photo https://youtu.be/rV05PDBh93k
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Agreed! Kudos to the photographer.
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@ElaineS
Nice share-- I listened happily while making a late lunch today. 🙂
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I was responsible for preparing our wedding invitations. My wife yelled at me for sending them out with a glaring spelling mistake. I claimed that I was innicent.
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LOL! Who cares how it's spelled, it's the thought that counts, but NOT HERE!
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@Jay Orchard Future tip: for your anniversary celebration, don't invite any writers, editors, or proofreaders.
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@Jay Orchard
I think misspelling things brilliantly is your super power!
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Oh my! Look at that stunning photo by Julie Stromberg. Exquisite, gorgeous and amazing. Thank you, Ms Stromberg.
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I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN about today’s bee photo from photographer Julie Stromberg. I have been observing and photographing the behavior of Apis mellifera for many years, and what I see is not typical behavior for the species; they do not rest on flowers. Here is typical honey bee foraging behavior https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/52132529028/ and here is a photo of a dying honey bee https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/51983062359/. Today’s bee photo more closely resembles the latter photograph than the former. Sorry!
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@David Illig
I wondered, too.
If it were dying when the photo was taken ... well, even in death, it is exquisite.
I often photograph dead birds and other animals that I come across (window strikes, car strikes, prey remains) because it's a rare opportunity to get very close to capture the sort of detail that would be impossible with a living wild bird.
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@David Illig
Maybe it’s not Apis mellifera?
https://nyti.ms/3TI3zum#permid=121179839
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@Eric B: That could well be correct. But lying down on the job still isn’t normal bee behavior. I recognize that rules have exceptions. Generally, however, healthy bees are not capable of un-bee-like behavior. It will remain a mystery to me unless the photographer doesn’t chime in.
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I’m in a bad mood. It’s already been a pretty feceic day.
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@Jay Orchard
Don’t worry; feceic days always come to an end.
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Eeew! Gross. It took me a bit, as I have not encountered that word, then it hit me! I hope it hits your fan!
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Sheri: you never encountered it because I often make up #~*5 here.
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CINEFILE ?
I believe it’s -phile
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@Jill: “Cinephile.” “Phile” is an ancient Greek combining form meaning loving, or drawn to. A file is a tool used to smooth metal, wood, fingernails and whatnot. Or perhaps a cinefile is one who archives films?
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LO, that last remark ~ LMfatAO!
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Should Celtic be an acceptable world today? It is a language, like French or English.
@Vered Peretz
Just wondering .... did you notice that you capitalized each of those words?
9
It really bugs me that incect is not a real word.
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@Jay Orchard
Incect would not fly in the Bee.
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@Jay Orchard This may seem like a poisonous remark, but I think you should set incect aside.
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Good one! You’re killing me!
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Don’t mean to be arrogant but knowing how to spell words correctly is not rocket cience.
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@Jay Orchard
I believe it’s “science.”
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@Lenny-t
I hate spell correct! I attempted to be funny by spelling Jay’s “cience” as “sience.” Phooey.
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There’s no s in this puzzle.
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I had to really rack my brain to figure out IN9.
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@Jay Orchard
I don’t mind if you get a head of yourself.
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Amazing picture today. Kudos Julie Stromberg!
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Sleepy 🐝!
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Yes. Superior. Photos like these help me realize why my cellphone bee photos are never selected! The hair on that bee, just wow.
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For those who feel strongly that the NYT might enhance the cultural diversity in its games https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/crosswords/apply-to-the-new-york-times-diverse-crossword-constructor-fellowship.html?campaign_id=268&emc=edit_gp_20221028&instance_id=75810&nl=gameplay®i_id=42996245&segment_id=111299&te=1&user_id=7572948ad6529745664a621c2745a7eb
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@ElaineS
Interesting. Thanks for highlighting this:))
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“Incent” = the real word, before the needless “-ivize” was added to it.
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@Paul
Apparently the editor was not motivated to include it today.
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@Paul Revisionist history.
Why is centile not counted?
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@Rei Every day, about 50% of valid words are not used, on average.
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@ElaineS
I think it was a joke?
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@Peregrine Maybe, good point.
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Shameful….the word feint was not allowed. C’mon!
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@Ken Smith
A feint around the center letter will cause you to lose the match.
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@Ken Smith Shameful is pretty strong, so I’ll say it’s just unfortunate that your word doesn’t include today’s center letter.
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The donut does contain a lifeline, though, so grab on
2
Julie Stromberg’s “sleeping beauty” is gorgeous.
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TELECINE? Or is that too profession-specific?
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Also thought of Celt, Celtic and Ceili as words
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@Michael Littleton The first two are capitalized, and not eligible.The second one is in my dictionaries with a different spelling.
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I guess fecit is fit for prints, but not for print?
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Wonderful photo, Julie!
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Wordle 496 5/6*
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦
🟦🟧⬛🟦⬛
⬛🟧🟧⬛🟦
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
WordleBot
Skill 56/99
Luck 61/99
Not my finest. Probably my lowest skill score. Bot got it in 3.
4 across or 2 down from the mini would be good ones to start with.
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💐💐💐💐💐
Please BEE 🐝 kind. Bee 🐝 positive. Bee 🐝 helpful.
How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.
George Elliston
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@Stephanie
Another great one found by you.
What an interesting lady! this George Elliston was. Many a poet benefited from her gifting.
Saw your question yesterday. To put in a picture, when you comment in the forum anywhere choose Edit to the right, then edit again under the circle with your “S” and it will allow you to choose a photo from your gallery or your files, then choose. I had to logout and login again for the new one to take effect and override my original one. I don’t remember having to do that with the first one chosen though. Hope that helps!
Also I think you should 🔶🔶 up and/or put your little hinter detective person (ehich I do not have on my phone) on your thread posting later on to stand out with hey, here I am, recognize me! Not trying to organize you, just a suggestion for people to see you and your clues.
Appreciate you! Thanks.
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@SmallFry
I should really look these people up before I post them. I did not realize she was a female. I found this on wikipedia about her:
George Elliston was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.[1] She graduated from Covington High School.
Elliston worked as a reporter for the Cincinnati Times-Star and later as the Society Editor for that newspaper.[2]
She married Augustus Coleman in 1907 and lived briefly with him in St. Louis. She and Coleman separated, and Elliston lived simply and alone in Cincinnati for the remainder of her life.[3]
Upon her death in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 7, 1946, Elliston bequeathed US$250,000 to the University of Cincinnati to establish a chair "to promote the cause of poetry". The university inaugurated the Elliston Poet-in-Residence Program in 1951.[2] Composer Margaret McClure Stitt set many of Elliston's poems to music.[4]
I also found this on google
She was a reporter for the Cincinnati Times for 40 years and covered crime, murder and local tragedies at a time when newspaperwomen were forced into the society or cooking sections.
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🕵️♀️🕵️♀️
Got to 29 words on my own in about an hour. Got 4 more with my WIMP. Grid and 2LL for last 1. Took about 2 hours to solve and write hints. Please vote these up so they are with the rest.
CE
🔸 Part of a grid (4)
🔸 Plural for large instrument played by Yo-Yo Ma (5)
🔸 A penny (4)
CI
🔸 Name your sources (4)
CL
🔸 Musical notation or symbol (4)
🔸 Divided in two, e.g. CL5 chin (5)
🔸 What a lawyer calls their customer (6)
🔸 Regular customers or patrons (9)
🔸 The Michigan vs State game will be a real CL5 hanger. GO BLUE! Go green! (5
🔸 Where you go see your health practitioner (6)
EC
🔸 Hodgepodge of décor styles (8)
EF
🔸 Consequence, often follows cause (6)
🔸 How much gas your car doesn't waste or energy rating (9
EL
🔸 Vote into office (5)
🔸 One who is voted into office (7)
🔸 Evoke, draw out (6)
EN
🔸 Lure (6)
FE
🔸 Might sit on this if you can't make up your mind (5)
FL
🔸 Swindle, deceive (6)
IC
🔸 Frozen melted snow (6
IL
🔸 Prohibited, illegal, drop the IL and get another word (7
IN
🔸 Instigate or stir up trouble (6
🔸 Slant upwards or lean toward (7
🔸 Wasteful, e.g. waste energy; remove the IN and get another word (11
🔸 To transmit disease (6
🔸 Vary the intonation of the voice PNGRM (7*
🔸 Cause pain and suffering or damage (7
🔸 Brainpower, smarts, IQ is a measure of this (9
LE
🔸 Being merciful, gave the lighter sentence (8
LI
🔸 Body critters (4
🔸 Legal or lawful, opposite of IL7 (5
NI
🔸 Pleasant (4
🔸 She calls me Aunt
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@Stephanie
These posted around 8:30 this morning. Wow! It has been many many months since they have posted them this quickly. Wonder if it's a one off or maybe a change.
My hints don't post on the weekend. I will submit some and see what happens.
Big game tomorrow between University of Michigan and Michigan State. It will be crazy around here! That's a big part of the fun of living in a college town though. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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@Stephanie Go Blue!
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@Stephanie
I much appreciate your hints. It's going to be a crazy time at the Big House-- M Go Blue-Green! (My crew attended both schools, so we get to celebrate a win either way:-)
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love that lounging bee 💛🖤
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@lisa
Looks exhausted, lol.
5
Sailed (am I allowed to use a seafaring term in comments? 😉) to Amazing, slogged to Genius, added a few then dead stop. I tried foreign words, a brand name, found a word not on the list (lectin) but nada. I guess I know what I will be doing over lunch.
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The bee photo is awesome.
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Today's comments mark a first. Almost more well deserved praise of our Bee 🐝 photo than 'missing word' citations. This one may be voted as an all time favorite for some. Also appreciate the application of human attributes to our exhausted satiated Bee 🐝 Enjoy this lovely Fall weekend. Go Phillies. ⚾️ ⚾️⚾️
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@pepper
You have just described anthropomorphism. It is so easy to do, too.
Missed word - INCENT
@Martin Trembly
Not just today.
https://www.sbsolver.com/h/incent
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@Martin Trembly
The editor never seems motivated to include that word.
4
Stunning photo! A post pollen binge nap
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@Naomi B: Romantic idea. I love it. It would be great to hear from the photographer. This is not typical bee behavior; they don’t stop for a rest while foraging. It’s more likely dead or dying. Sorry!
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Debbie downer. C'mon let us stick to our 'romantic' interpretations. 😜
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@David Illig As you noted, nevertheless beautiful.
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How come it won’t accept Licence? That’s a word and it’s correctly spelled! There is also License but that’s the English language for you!
@Ginny Swart
Not allowed. The word applied but was not granted licence to play in a game where American English rules.
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@Peregrine
I like these clever responses. Like the pun guy with a purpose beyond just fun. Nice.
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Indeed
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And I thought *yesterday’s* bee photo was amazing!! I could not love this photo of a bee finally resting more <3
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I lived in the UK for a while, and enjoyed playing word games in the local papers, and never assumed they would recognize (ahem) the US spelling I was accustomed to.
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Julie Stromberg, what an incredible photo!! Aren’t we all sleepy bees when we wake up bleary-eyed to do the puzzle in the wee wee hours? 😴
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Julie Stromberg, did you catch the bee napping!
Magnificent pic!
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Stunning 🐝 photo! It looks like it’s pollen drunk.
22
Interesting bee photo.
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Julie Stromberg! Best bee pic yet in my book. I love it.
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LENTICEL—the horizontal lines on birch bark
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@Jordan Good one.
2
As Gezellig in Utrecht stated, it looks a sated bee. A bee who made a BEEline to its favorite neighborhood sheBEEn, and while there, partook of nectarous BEEr, and now, lazily and crazily, must make its way back to the BEEhive. BEEurp!
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What an exquisite photo. Thank you.
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Struggled to get G2L. Started at midnight—little to nothing. Went to sleep and better this early AM. Pat I would like to buy an a please.
An especially beautiful 🐝 📷 today. I won’t see any in the yard until spring. The Sandhill Cranes are in town though—joy of joys. No crane emoji sadly.
NYTs pork puttanesca tonight—fire up the slow cooker.
🤓
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Lenticel not included.
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That bee looks like, “TGIF”.
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The foxy fennec?
2
I could have had the word 'licence' in today's Spelling Bee, but sadly that word is spelt with an 's' in the US! Still, I expect using the 's' instead of the 'c' makes it easier!!!
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Licence!!!! Not in list????????
@Fiona See above [Joylery]
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@Fiona
Scroll down (Richard)…
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@Fiona
Not permitted.
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how about celtic?
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@Kathy How about checking a dictionary? Can you answer your question from the url?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Celtic
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“Licence” not a word? Come on - the language we are speaking is called “English”
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The Bee used American spellings.
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@Richard: More specifically, the American dialect of English. “License.”
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@Richard The language we speak and spell here is American English. The free online Merriam Webster dictionary is useful.
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Why not allow licence ? It’s a noun in English
@Sally Mac: It’s a misspelling in American English. “License.”
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@Sally Mac The language we speak and spell here is American English. The free online Merriam Webster dictionary is useful.
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I am stumped. I cannot figure out the answer for a LE8. The words I am thinking of have a cy or t ending. Please help. I'm going insane.
I am sure the answer is before me.
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it ends with ce if that helps
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@Pablo When a judge shows kindness in sentencing, he is exercising (or showing) LE8.
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@Pablo: Showing mercy, as by a judge.
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Easy, peasy QB, now on with the day🐝
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Why are license and cline not allowed?
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@MACT
Licence
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@MACT:So many reasons, so little time.
►There will never be an s in the Bee.
►Ergo, s is not in today's letters
►The vaiant spelling with c instead of s is not in today's Bee.
Cline is in the dictionary, but not chosen for today's Bee.
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@Thinker :Woops= vaRiant spelling
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Not seeing my ranking for this week! 😢
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If you go into Wordle, select to play the Spelling Bee, your score will show.
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GNP@28/143; QB + Hints
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Doesn't anyone intinct anymore?
@MOZ It’s not in the standard dictionary.
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@MOZ
Not in this communionity.
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@Peregrine Pax vobiscum. 🕊
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I hope someone in Admin can tell me/ or correct the issue, of why I cannot see my Stats when I come via my subscription to play Spelling 🐝. But some stats appear on the Wordle I play via an NYT link too! But that link doesn’t give me access to the hints. All very frustrating. Hope you can correct it without my Wordle stats disappearing. Love both Wordle & S🐝
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@Chulie We are fellow players here, not Admin. Suggest you write to [email protected]
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That does nothing, Elaine. I’ve written. They say their devs are working in it, but they’ve yet to resolve it.
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@Hattie To me that’s not nothing. That they’re aware, and working on it, seems reasonable.
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Our country suffers from EL(5)ile dysfunction
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Excellent! 🧐
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@Peregrine
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@Peregrine Great one!
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I just wasn’t seeing many words today. Thank you, Hinters.
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Utopia : imagine a dream
Utopia, a fool’s dream of paradise
Many with a shiny roof and no mise
Built with a floorboard that all can afford
All with a perfect to a T model T Ford to their accord
Flora abounding with floral notes that almost make a sound
No falloff of food as alfalfa sprouts and farro fold(s) for perfect a loaf, plenty to be found
No offal mess, no flab tire around or barf on any floor
No one aloof to the needs of others with a new foal welcomed to the core
New ways flood in as the old ways fall off, offloaded like skin from loofa but still no gore
Old ways afar, doffed off with boffo styles and afro dreams, whatever suits you at the fore
Like farad energy stored to capacity eternally, evermore
This synergy of a dream, a fora full of steam can remain forevermore
Bee words10.27.22: fool(‘s), roof, floorboard, afford, ford, flora, floral, falloff, food, alfalfa, farro, fold(s), loaf, offal, flab, barf, floor, aloof, foal, flood, fall, offload(ed), loofa, afar, doff(ed), boffo, afro, farad, fora (all 29 words)
Tough string of words but worked them all in there. This one was another unusual set for certain. Hope you enjoy what I made out of them a little.
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@SmallFry
No ideal space or place for all. You know what they say, everyone has one as many of these with their opinions are everywhere. I’m one of them always depending on what I’m saying or writing; Aren’t we all dependent on the circumstance. No utopia could ever exist as I think there will always be the desire for the other, what I don’t have, what I don’t like, etc and an argument for what is needed or necessary as many are never satisfied with what is just in front of them - even with words on a list.
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@SmallFry
Ain't that truth! Spot on....' even with words on a list'....
Maybe we all need to learn from today's happy bee-- satisfied and sated.
Thank you for the vision and your commentary!
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@Mona
Your words remind me of the bee photo too! Perfect caption for that even if like another here has indicated that it is a dying bee. Life well lived I think - satisfied and sated. Thanks for that vision!!
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Today I had 31 words and left the Spelling Bee for a bit. When I came back I only had 25 words. This has happened before and I am not sure how or why.
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@She Did you try coming out of the app, and then going back in? Or, try the web version via nytimes.com The app is buggy.
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Lectin is a carbohydrate binding protein. But not here it seems?
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@John Sorry, but it is one among other valid words not selected for inclusion in the Bee today. The Bee isn’t all possible words.
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Best photo yet! Thanks Julie
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Today’s picture is outstanding!
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Incent?
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Is that an image of a study of a bee in repose??? I don't believe I have ever seen a bee napping!!!
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@SPWMS3: Only the photographer knows, but that bee could be dead or dying. 35-40 days is the typical lifespan for workers; age, heat/cold, dehydration, disease, predation/parasitization. Or, less likely, it could be basking while waiting for the temperature to warm sufficiently for foraging: minimum 55° F / 13° C. It has been in the mid 60s F in central Maryland of late and the honey bees have been out in force.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/52445977261/
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@David Illig
Thank you for sharing this photo. What remarkable detail in those gossamer wings.
@David Illig
Although you could be correct ~ I so hope you are wrong ~
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Even a busy bee deserves some quiet time. Great photo, Julie. Thank you for sharing.
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Today’s 🐝 pic is exquisite.
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HINTS IN SENTENCES PART 1
CE
🐝 Almost everyone has a CE4 phone.
🐝 CE5 is plural for the stringed instrument played with a bow that isn't a violin, viola, or bass.
🐝 You can count on him to always inject his two CE4s worth into a discussion.
CI
🐝 "Please CI4 your sources, or I will mark your paper as 'incomplete,'" the teacher warned her class.
CL
🐝 Sheet music has a treble CL4 and a bass CL4 denoting which hand plays the notes on the adjacent lines.
🐝 John Travolta, Russell Crowe, Matt Damon, and Sir Patrick Stewart are just a few of many popular actors with a CL5 chin.
🐝 I was disappointed to see Loretta Lynch accept the NFL as a CL6, in opposition to Brian Flores' civil rights lawsuit.
🐝 The hairdresser has a very large CL9, and you often have to wait for an appointment.
🐝 The accident was horrible! The car went off the side of a CL5 killing everyone in it.
🐝 Sally's doctor referred her to Mayo CL6 for treatment.
EC
🐝 Beth's EC8 decor has elements of neoclassical, mid-century modern, and rococo styles, creating an unexpected but exciting contrast.
EF
🐝 The professor gave an interesting lecture on cause and EF6.
🐝 She is very EF9, always completing her work quickly and accurately.
EL
🐝 Don't forget to vote in the mid-term EL5ion on November 8.
🐝 The winners of the mid-terms may be referred to as the EL7s.
🐝 The interviewer structured her questions to EL6 answers to questions previously avoided by the candidate.
CONTINUED
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@Sheila D Just wanted to say you are doing a good job with your “hints in sentences” - and they are appreciated!
I am turning to them when I am still stuck after Steve and Kline’s hints, and you usually manage to shake more words out of my brain.
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Geez, NYT! Why are you eating my hints? This is the SIXTh time I've tried to post them. I'm only cluing YOUR selected words. I'm going to shorten them considerably and see if they will go through that way, folks.
HINTS IN SENTENCES PART 2
EN
🐝 She hoped to EN6 him by wearing a revealing dress.
FE
🐝 "This isn't a nuanced question," she said to him, "so get off the FE5 and let me know where you stand."
FL
🐝 Pat's FL6-lined jacket is very warm and cozy.
IC
🐝 IC6s hanging from the eaves of the house glistened in the sunlight that followed the winter storm.
IL
🐝 She had an IL7 affair with her boss despite the fact both of them were married to someone else.
CONTINUED (hopefully, anyway)
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🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
HINTS IN SENTENCES PART 3
IN
🐝 It is a crime to IN6 sedition and violence.
🐝 The Lookout Mountain IN7 Railway runs from Chattanooga, Tennessee approximately one mile to Lookout Mountain and is one of the world's steepest railways.
🐝 The office was cited by the auditor for IN11 and wasteful use of their resources.
🐝 The new COVID variant is said to IN6 people very quickly, with hardly any incubation period.
🐝 When speaking publicly, it is important to use vocal IN7ion to hold the interest of the audience. (pangram)
🐝 Vladimir Putin has tried to IN7 as much suffering as possible on the people of Ukraine, as evidenced by Russian attacks on residential areas and energy infrastructure.
🐝 Albert Einstein was a man of formidable IN9.
LE
🐝 He hoped the judge would show compassion and LE8 in her sentencing.
LI
🐝 The teacher noticed the child's hair was crawling with LI4 and called her parents.
🐝 The vice squad arrested everyone at the massage parlor and charged them with soLI5ing.
NI
🐝 It doesn't cost anything to be NI4 to others.
🐝 My NI5, Katie, is my sister's daughter.
TI
🐝 TI5ure of iodine leaves a disTI5 stain on the skin.
CONTINUED (hopefully)
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Enclitic is missing
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Not CENTILE?
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@Horst Witherspoon MW dictionary doesn’t include it;Oxford does. Whatever the status, it is among many other words not selected for inclusion in the Bee today.
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@ElaineS
MW most certainly does include it, but it immediately refers you to the entry for the word starting with PER-
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@Art of the fudge Thank you
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Fantastic photo!
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Doff Yer Cap To The Floorboard
After we'd been dating for a year I asked Suzanne a silly question,"Have you ever driven a bus?" "Of course not," she replied. "Would you like to?" "Woah Yeah!"
And so she did. It was the end of my shift, but before returning to the garage I drove out to the football stadium and stopped in the middle of acres & acres of gravel parking lot, lightly sprinkled with tall lamp posts. Pop on the emerg. brake and vacate the driver's seat.
Suzanne took that seat and her guide dog Sparkle reacted by tilting her head sideways, because in thousands of times riding the bus she'd never sat in that seat before.
I showed her the location of the brake and gas pedals and turn signals, "Down on the floorboard by your left foot, feel the two switches protruding from that box?"
I showed her the switch for the PA system in case she wanted to make an announcement about not being absolutely sure where she was going.
She was driving the bus, with a smile as big as the Ritz, doing something brand new under the sun.
It was great fun and a peak experience for both of us, a secret we kept for a while.
This reminds me of another category of bus tale: passengers I've converted to bus drivers; over the course of 40 years I encouraged three passengers to become bus drivers. One you've heard about in the "Guess what country I hail from, Icelandic opera student" tale.
Thank you all for the encouragement, I don't always get to responding to comments.
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@Dave Love your stories, they are wonderful snippets of life, making ordinary moments extraordinary. Please keep the word pictures coming. Maybe consider compiling them in a blog site for prosperity’s sake.
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@Dave
Another delightful dream come true story although it was likely not a dream she ever thought of because oh, the liability! Nice seeing the mischievous, bend the rules as much as possible to assist others. What a message you provided her too - you are worth it all to me. Thanks.
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Beautiful story, a special one out of many i reflect in awe, and thank you for sharing.
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Best photo ever. Can’t stop looking at it!
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celtic?
@M Morris
Capitalized words are not eligible.
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No Brit spelling of licence. Never mind, I’ll struggle on.
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@Ann B Well done! :-)
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Wow! @Julie Stromberg. What a photo!
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The photo is lovely, Julie. That poor 🐝 is all tuckered out from collecting all that pollen, and needs to catch some 💤!
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@Kate
Right. You can almost see it in his eyes. Just plum tuckered out! Really amazing.
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Straight down the line QB today. Coffee then on to Twitter and see if I’m still there.
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QB-1, FL6.
Bah.
I hie myself off to the hints.
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@Kate Oh, lordy. I hang my head in shame, especially since it’s FL6 season here in NM and I wear one almost every day.
Ah well. QBwG2LL and one hint.
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Finally! I reached Queen Bee status without using any hints in the comments. Yes, I used the grid (will probably always have to), but no other hints. :o) :o) :o)
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How about celtic?
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@Lisa Niemy
Capitalized words are not eligible for this puzzle.
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Once you’ve seen a fennec, you never forget it. Looking forward to the next time F, E, N and C reune.
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Pondering 🐝
“Should I fly off and get to work or should I call in sick and enjoy the comfort and solitude of this luxurious hammock?”
Today’s 🐝 is totally immersed in deep thoughts.
Thank you Julie Stromberg for such a thought provoking picture.
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Lectin?
Unsure why Celt and Celtic aren’t words?
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@Emma They are capitalized.
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Fantastic photo!
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LENTICLE?
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@bjr Neither of the two standard Bee dictionaries seems to recognize it.
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What measures are needed to EF6 change in countries with CL5 publics? With some even willing to jump off a CL5 for those EL5ed (or not) politicians?
These populist EL7s EL6 applause from their angry CL9 when they serve up stories of damages IN7ed by, say, sickly migrants with IN6ions who enter the country IL7ly. These tales themselves spread like an IN6ion. Even many with the IN9 to doubt and question appear swayed, and are EN6ed to believe that constructing FE5s will protect.
I am IN7d to believe that all LE8 towards hate speech, whether on- or offline, must end...it must no longer be LI5. To IN6 others to violent actions must be a crime, and accordingly prosecuted.
There are CL6s for treating the deranged, and doctors with an EC8 approach and thus able to use a variety of treatments are actually optimistic about the chances for recovery. Such programs are said to be both effective and EF9.
I do believe our body politic has become IN6ed. I can hear it in the change in the IN7ion of voices. I can see it in angry, wild- eyed faces. Provide care and help for the deranged, while the rest weigh in with possible paths forward?
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@Mona
Nations divided: a complex topic with definitely no easy fixes. This post about the CL5 probably doesn't even pose the right questions...but I hope it provides some help in navigating the Bee today!
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@Mona
I think it poses the right questions, Mona — unfortunately, there are just too many questions and nowhere near enough answers. This is most definitely a departure from your usual cheery, entertaining stories, but, I think, a necessary one. As always, I marvel at the use of the Bee words in your post(s). I hope you’re well and that it’s as beautiful an autumn day where you are as it is here in Vermont! Bee well!! :)
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@Mona
I really appreciated this! I think it’s thoughtful and rings true to your caring spirit. You see that every day in your writing of other things in your day, that you are considerate and aware of so much around you. These words ring out for this thought yo be pursued. Glad you presented all you did with so much passion and fervor. Thanks.
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Oh Julie Stromberg, what a glorious photo.the cuddly bee looks for all the world like someone who has dined too well and is now having a post prandial siesta. Hush, approaching bees, tiptoe softly past your sleeping sister, snoozing in the sun, on softly supporting petals.
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@Vika
Right. Your description is beautiful and creative. Made me think he is on a siesta on a hammock upside down contemplating his life choices after a hard day’s work already but he’s not quite done. Would make a great poster I think. Like the cat hanging from a branch with its paws - hang in there. Just never forgotten no matter how hard you try.
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@Vika a beautiful pic, made all the better with your beautiful words!
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Julie’s focused closeup appears to depict a bindweed turret bee (Didasia bituberculata) resting on a desert globe mallow blossom (Sphaeralcea ambigua). Bee and plant are native to western North America. The turret bees nest in aggregations in the ground, each female digging her own little hole and leaving packets of nectar and pollen for her larvae. The globe mallows can adorn the desert with their apricot color after some rains. Julie, your photo amazes me!
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@Bad Bob Agreed. Capturing that kind of photo requires a great deal of patience and skill, along with a fine photographer's eye. Congratulations Julie.
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@Bad Bob
Her photo is amazing but your description is so stimulating as well. Makes me look up more info on these bees and flowers. Thanks as always.
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@Bad Bob Thank you sharing this information.
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It was tough getting to GN4L and adding the 4Ls didn't help much. I had missed several long words and needed Steve G's handy hints for the last four. There was absolutely nothing to eat in tonight's SB although surely someone, somewhere likes LI4 Crispies.
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@Julie Stromberg
That is the most awesome picture I have seen in quite a while! Magnificent! Looks like that little 🐝 worked so much that day he needed a mid-day break.
So well captured!
🐝🐝🐝
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@@peateadee
Or maybe had a little too much pollen?
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@Stephanie
Pollen drunk!
Celtic!!!
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@Lynn Springer That’s proper and thus capitalized — ergo not allowed.
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To all my friends, especially in the USA- TGIF!!!
I'm simply blown away by the amazing Bee photos readers/players have sent in over the past months.
Today's is extraordinary- what a remarkable photo!
It appears this bee is taking a quick snooze after a full meal- something we all can relate to!
Thanks to Julie Stromberg for sharing such beauty with us.
Peace to All,
Gezellig
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It is truly remarkable. A wonder!
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@Gezellig
I don't comment often.
Today is the anniversary of my mother's passing in 2010.
She was very erudite and well educated. In fact, she got her PhD in Biochemistry at Yale in Connecticut. The very first of our long line of Dutch folk to pursue a degree in the USA.
I'm a cardiologist because of her and her teaching.
(Thank You, Duke, my alma mater).
Without her support, her love, her encouragement, I would not have this blessed life I do have now. Married with 2 wonderful kids, whom I escort on numerous trips to parks/lakes/woods all over the world to show them the wonders of nature.
All of this inspired by my mother, and I am passing this wonderment on to my family.
Bless you, dear Anna. We miss you dearly....
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@Gezellig The hand that rocks the cradle really does rule the world, and in this case, a family’s world. She left a wonderful legacy to you which you’re passing on, what a way to honor her.
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HINTS
CE
Prison room or mobile phone(4)
Bass in violin family plural(5)
A penny(4)
CI
Quote or refer to(4)
CL
Musical symbol(4)
Chin indentation(5)
Customer(6)
Customers(9)
Ridge(5)
Medical center(6)
EC
Broad ranging style(8)
EF
Resultant change(6)
With minimum wasted time(9)
EL
Vote into office(5)
Person voted into office(7)
Evoke or draw out(6)
EN
Tempt or lure(6)
FE
Picket boundary barrier(5)
FL
Swindle or soft warm fabric(6)
IC
Hanging frozen water(6)
IL
Unlawful(7)
IN
Stir up a riot(6)
Feel favorably disposed(7)
Wasteful of time(11)
Spread disease(6)
Adjust tone of voice(7)
Cause pain(7)
Brain power(9)
LE
Merciful(8)
LI
Head parasites(4)
Lawful(5)
NI
Pleasant(4)
Daughter of sibling(5)
TI
Faintly colored(5)
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@Kline Thanks so much! I was stuck on only one word until you came along!!
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Ooh nice, thanks :)
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@Jo - same here.Mine was NI5 despite having 2 of them !
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“Clitic” should be there, has its own Wikipedia page and is a legit linguistic term.
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@Basar Onal Gross. Also there’s a place for this. I invite you to our “Missing Words” thread (link below), established especially for the purpose of complaining about and discussing words that could be made today from the available letters but weren’t. Perhaps you might post there next time. Rationale behind this request is explained in the anchor post for that thread.
https://nyti.ms/3DdqgQ9#permid=121179594
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@Basar Onal — “Clitic” should be there..”
Thank you for suggesting this word. I see clitics here all the time, either as enclitics or proclitis. Never realized there was a name for contractions such as c’mon or it’ll.
Please send an email to [email protected] and ask for clitic to be in a future puzzle.
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@AbbyNemo
Correction: proclitics NOT proclitis…
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Since when is licence not a word, EH?
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Since the Bee chooses to use American English spelling. It’s still a word though, just not in today’s puzzle. 🐝
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@Wayne It’s not a word in American English. It uses an s at the end instead of the second c.
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@playmin there are two official ways of spelling it. Both have slightly different meanings.
Licence is a noun. You need a licence to drive a car.
License is a verb that means to give permission.
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No licence? Why not?
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@Lofgren
US spelling is license
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@Bibacat but licence and license are different words. I give up.
@Lofgren
Of course they are; one is British and the other is American English. We use license in both noun and verb forms.
We can’t drive a 🚗 without a driver’s license.
He was licensed to practice law in many states.
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Today’s Beeologisms:
Celfie: animated drawing of oneself
Fetticini: pasta shaped like confetti
Fecline: the resting position of cats
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@Matthew G I like "fecline"
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@Matthew G
Missed you yesterday. Thanks for these. Like seeing what you will do with the letters. Your spins are always interesting and fun.
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Missing today CE4 and CE6 European tribe from Gaul to Scotland In the Iron Age.
3
Those words require capital letters.
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@Mary Proper nouns are not allowed (see: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/crosswords/spelling-bee-forum-introduction.html). I also invite you to our “Missing Words” thread (link below), established especially for the purpose of complaining about and discussing words that could be made today from the available letters but weren’t. Perhaps you might post there next time. Rationale behind this request is explained in the anchor post for that thread.
https://nyti.ms/3DdqgQ9#permid=121179594
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@Mary — “Missing today CE4 and CE6 European tribe from Gaul to Scotland In the Iron Age.”
Both of your words are capitalized which excludes them from being viable entrants to any NYT Spelling🐝
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HINTS
CE
4) Unit of life or jail or mobile phonage
5) Plural of Yo-Yo Ma's 4-strings
4) ¢
CI
4) Misspell "vision"
CL
4) Treble CL4 🎼
5) Dimpled chin
6) You as own attorney = a fool for a CL5 & a dolt for a lawyer
9) The regular crowd (or customers) shuffles in
5) The "Perils of Pauline" often involved her left hanging from a CL5
6) Mayo or Cleveland med facility
EC
8) Derived from broad & diverse range of sources
EF
6) Cause and EF5
9) Works smarter, not harder!
EL
5) Opt by voting
7) Person opted by vote
6) Hints are intended to draw out memories and connotations
EN
6) Lure
FE
5) White picket ones of these idealize suburban life
FL
6) Jason and the Golden this
IC
6) Frozen drip hanging from the eave
IL
7) It's FORBIDDEN to confuse this word with the one starting with E and meaning "draw out"
IN
6) Foment riot
7) The IN_ plane is a mean lean machine
11) Works harder, not smarter
6) What a virus will do enthusiastically
7) Something you do to verbs (for person, number, tense, gender) or to voices (for intonation or pitch)
7) Impose harm
9) Smarts
LE
8) Mercifulness in punishment
LI
4) Lousy plurals
5) IL7 after it's no longer ailing?
NI
4) Not naughty
5) Sib's daughter
TI
5) Slight coloration
👇See Replies for embellishments
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@STEVE G Once again, I am mortified at how few words I got using my own head.
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Such an amazing feat accomplished daily. Thanks.
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Forgot to change my address!
And also - only two days ago - TI5 was in the list and I meant to take advice from y'all (Sheila) "the first five letters of an herbal extract you drop under the tongue" which seemed like ripe for a TI5urebell Peter Pan allusion. Oh well, was still scrambling to find the wi-fi password here.
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Centile. Perfectly good word. Not even “European” English.
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@Andrew Norris It’s usually PERcentile. So that’s probably why it’s out. Idk I tried it, too. Anyway, as usual, I invite you to our “Missing Words” thread (link below), established especially for the purpose of complaining about and discussing words that could be made today from the available letters but weren’t. Perhaps you might post there next time. Rationale behind this request is explained in the anchor post for that thread.
https://nyti.ms/3DdqgQ9#permid=121179594
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@Andrew Norris
Did you check with the M-W or NOAM dictionaries. Centile doesn’t appear to be a stand-alone word.
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@Andrew Norris Agreed. It’s a synonym for percentile and is listed in the OED, the Collins and the M-W as a stand-alone word. It’s not on Sam’s list today. Still a perfectly good word, though.
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Today’s Spelling Bee won’t accept Celt, Celtic, Centile.
Or LICENCE
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@Maureen Perkins That’s not how it’s spelled in American English, which is what Spelling 🐝 utilizes (note the z). It is spelled with an s at the end instead of the second c. So that’s why you can’t and won’t find licence in today’s or any day’s 🐝 puzzle.
@Johnny Cristo The Spelling 🐝 does not allow proper nouns (capitalized). See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/crosswords/spelling-bee-forum-introduction.html
I also invite you both to our “Missing Words” thread (link below), established especially for the purpose of complaining about and discussing words that could be made today from the available letters but weren’t. Perhaps you might post there next time. Rationale behind this request is explained in the anchor post for that thread.
https://nyti.ms/3DdqgQ9#permid=121179594
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I made a worksheet for today's Bee. You can download it and signup to have it sent to you every morning if you'd like... https://thegamebureau.com/beesheet
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@Kevin Kolb
Thank you! Much easier than the way I do it!
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@Elle Thank you!
Wow, Julie! Amazing 🐝 pic! That fuzzy guy looks like (s)he’s taking a pollen-induced food-coma nap on the blossom! 😂
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