Spelling Bee Thread — that is totally a (food) word!

I haven’t tried Shuffalo, but I do have a New Yorker subscription.

Check it out! It’s fun :slight_smile:

How very NYT to include nori and nigiri, but not onigiri.

Also, no gringo? C’mon!

#SMDH

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Today: intoxicant/intoxication as well as onion, tannin, tannic, tonic. I’ll also count niacin as a food word!

I’m also annoyed that ionic and anion count as words, but cation does not. (Negative charge is okay, but positive is not?)

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They did accept cation, though. Why cacti and radii (not today, just generally), but no coiti :woman_shrugging:t2:?

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Argh, you’re right. I was also frustrated about not getting anionic/cationic.

Bialy today. Still kinda weirded out how few Latin words are acceptable, like ibid.

Maybe because ibid is a contraction of ibidem? I’ll have to try ibidem if the letters show up.

I think I may have tried it before to no avail.

Huh. So, “proper” names aren’t allowed, but today we get Macron.

Mormon and Roman? Naaaaaaaaah :roll_eyes:

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Oooh! I did not know that! Thanks for enlightening me :folded_hands:t2:

Non-English words, like Odeon are ok, but loden is not ….

Food - cèpe too furrin?

Also picniced well, it’s sorta about food.

But spelled picnicked.

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Finally, first word of the day, haricot and it’s a pangram. I’m shocked.

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Got both first :slight_smile:

Weird they include chica, but not chico.

No chitarra. But always those damn, boring, useless penne.

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Tough one today (although I got the pangram first :blush:)!

A food word I don’t believe I’ve seen in the SB before was bulgur. Also grub, grog, and flour.

And a food word I’ve never heard of before (or forgot since, bc I am old): burgoo. Actually had to cheat and look that one up.

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Very surprised that word is allowed.

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