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bkbrookey.bsky.social
I was struggling to figure out today‘s @spellingbeeja.bsky.social pangram, and then it suddenly hit me. #spellingbee #nytimesgames
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
dianavoss.bsky.social
My first Queen Bee 🐝 🤓🏆

#NYTimesGames #ShouldBeWriting
I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
stlprogressive.bsky.social
#wquers
#NYTimesGames

Anyone want to play #Crossplay? Hit me up.

#Wordle 1,681 4/6

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#Connections
Puzzle #959
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#Strands #693
“The straight and narrow”
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January 25, 2026 at 1:46 PM
misschives.bsky.social
Getting a significant telling-off and/or being too drunk to care must just be a British thing then 😆 #NYTimesGames #SpellingBee
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
robincha.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

# NYTimesGames #SpellingBee
The New York Times Spelling Bee
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM
blonderipley.bsky.social
Pretty mad about this, #nytimesgames
#words
#bunchofbullshit
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
golightly78.bsky.social
Well played @nytimes.com

#flashback #nytimesgames
January 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me*: An Occasional Series

*and @jeffgrim.bsky.social

TATTIE

Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE words
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
jeffgrim.bsky.social
@lynneguist.bsky.social

Does TATTIE qualify as a Perfectly Common BrE Word the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me?
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM
janiebabes.bsky.social
#nytimesgames editorial team sending coded messages through their puzzles? #strands felt positively subversive today.
January 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
benprichards.bsky.social
#connection #nytimes #nytimesgames

It's a trap! 🧛🏻‍♂️

Connections
Puzzle #941
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January 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
benprichards.bsky.social
#wordle #gazumped #nytimes #nytimesgames

Connections
Puzzle #940
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That BLUE might not be that international.
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 AM
jdunlevy.bsky.social
My last solve-in-two was way back on February 1, 2025, and my 2025 average number of guesses over 248 days played was 4.16. #YearInGames #NYTimesGames
January 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me: An Occasional Series

OFFCUT

(One of those words I use so naturally now that I was surprised to learn it's not AmE)

Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
December 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
replicatorunit.bsky.social
#nytimesgames #wordle #connections #strands #spellingbee #highlights #2025
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common* BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me†: An Occasional Series

THRAWN

*OK, maybe not *perfectly* common
† really @bazzargh.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE words
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me*: An Occasional Series

GUFFING

*really @jeffgrim.bsky.social

Now added to the blog list (with a link to Green's Dict of Slang): separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE words
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December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
jeffgrim.bsky.social
@lynneguist.bsky.social

I think GUFFING might qualify as a Perfectly Common BrE Word the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me…

(Guffing = farting)
December 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
soulofashu.bsky.social
Egality is a word! #spellingbee #nytimesgames
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
dhinojosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Today's #nytimesgames Hard #sudoku had 2 X-Wings and 1 Skyscraper. That was satisfying.
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me*: An Occasional Series

CHOUGH

*really it was @kittytrill.bsky.social who tried it

Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE words
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November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me*: An Occasional Series
*and @jeffgrim.bsky.social

PRANG

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NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE words
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November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
jeffgrim.bsky.social
@lynneguist.bsky.social Another one for the Perfectly Common BrE Word the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me?

PRANG
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me: An Occasional Series

DEBAG DEBAGGING (perhaps more often with a hyphen, de-bag, but I'm adding it to the list anyhow!)

Now added to the blog list: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2023/04/nyt-...
NYT Spelling Bee: an archive of disallowed BrE words
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
lynneguist.bsky.social
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me*: An Occasional Series

NIGGLY

*and others

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November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM