NYT BuzzKills

Making a home for 100% real words that the NYT Spelling Bee has inexplicably kicked out of the hive. #spellingbee

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Ending our hiatus to say we remain UNDAUNTED.

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Our engine misfired without TAPPET.

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We definitely felt a void when CAVITATE wasn’t there today.

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ELOTE is delicious, but perhaps too spicy for today’s bee?

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Why not PRION?

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We’ve seen some egregious omissions in the past, but not accepting DECILE is definitely in our top 10%. (Cdeilmo, 10/21/20). https://t.co/raaPy6Hb00

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Why is RONIN condemned to wander without a home? Perhaps because it’s only in MW unabridged. (Nimoprt, 9/8/20) https://t.co/iHHe9UH70p

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Agreed. NAAN regularly makes the cut; not sure why NORI wouldn’t. https://t.co/kazVV0tJFA

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@donaldcclarke @Notaspellingbe1 @BuzzNyt @thegridkid And yet today, both NORI nor MIRIN (both Japanese food words) are not on the Word List. Neither is RONIN. Bad puzzle day for Japanese terms commonly used in English. @Notaspellingbe1

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We are abuzz with approval.

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We are so sorry that we left COPE out of today's Spelling Bee puzzle. Rest assured that the community has shown up in swarms to alert us of the error, and that it was an honest mistake on our part.

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Twice in a month--adding insult to injury . . .

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Hammam (Maghlpu, 8/10/20) Good example of a "loanword"--a word incorporated from one language into another without translation. Some may argue that "hammam" isn't yet fully recognized/incorporated. We disagree. https://t.co/qq7pSeJGZ0

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@schmeterpitz You’re our kind of people, Peter. Definitely not a GONIF.

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@emilybell @mariabustillos Lots of us are buzzing about both of these . . .

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And again!!!! Faro (Faginor, 8/7/20)

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Faro (Acfilor, 8/4/20) https://t.co/xNhiDLD8MP

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@WendyShang @geneweingarten @thegridkid Good catch!

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H/T to several folks for catching this one. We’re verklempt.

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Gonif/Goniff (Faginor, 8/7/20) https://t.co/4SRWLLQyag

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Gaffing (Faginor, 8/7/20) https://t.co/WzE9meAQe4

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Nonplanar (Lanopru, 8/6/20) We’re committed to not including spoilers for those who are still working the puzzle, but let’s just say that if a word like “non[somethingelse],” is valid, then nonplanar should be, too. https://t.co/CgffQcuySH

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@LAHMCCABE We don’t know! We created this account precisely because so many of these are inexplicable!!!!

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Bole (Labemoz, 8/5/20) https://t.co/8tWJTFVM1R H/T to @lahmccabe