#hivemind #nytspellingbee #spellingbee #nytbee #nytsb Today, even though the word count was reasonable, I had a tough time getting past G. Needed a boost from the forum to get to QB. Props to the twitter SB peeps.

First word pangram (rare for me) and rolled with the rest. Good way to start a Monday!#hivemind #nytspellingbee #nytsb

A long winding road to get to QB. Some new words; a few previously accepted words were not. Happy to get through this.

Short but fun bee. Needed the grid at the end for a few words. #nytsb

The gerunds, the extenders create these 2 for 1 or even 3 for 1 words. You just have to find the root word. #nytspellingbee #nytsb #writers #nytbee

I got Queen Bee! Nice one Sam! nytimes.com/badges/games/v…

Pangram was my penultimate word! #nytsb #nytspellingbee nytimes.com/badges/games/v…

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I got Queen Bee! Easiest one thus far.nytimes.com/badges/games/v…

After a series of tame bees; this was a slog. The music PG was my last word and required hints and lots of mashing. Nice one Sam! nytimes.com/badges/games/v…

Today was the toughest one for me. My last two words were the pangrams. #nytsb #nytbee #hivemind #nytspellingbee Spelling Bee Solver (@sbsolver.com on Bluesky)

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I got Queen Bee! nytimes.com/badges/games/v…

Connections Puzzle #279 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #13 “Grow up!” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 The trifecta with the crossword puzzle. Connections is hit/miss for me. Strands can/will get incrementally tougher, imo.

Strands #29 “What’s so funny?” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Simplest one so far

Connections Puzzle #308 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Wordle 1,030 3/6* 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #42 “Join the club!” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #388 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

A full year of being a word-nerd.