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Would anyone like to do the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle?

Posted by ralph wiggum (aka Wiggum17) Sep 29 '20, 08:16

The challenge:
How many words can you make with using a set of letters.

The rules:
All words must be at least 4 letters long.
You must include the mandatory letter.
A letter can be repeated within a word an unlimited number of times.

Today's letters are: K H O R Y I and the mandatory letter is C.

Responses:

I've seen Shannon Woodward do that on twitch. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 29, 08:52
C... H... O... R... fuck it. I'm out. -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 08:51
I guess my guesses - tRuMaN Sep 29, 08:50
This is what I have so far... - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 29, 08:36
My attempt. -- (edited) - loosilu Sep 29, 08:22
Here's a few. How many are we supposed to get? Do they give a rating scale? - VMan Sep 29, 08:22 20
- There is a rating scale, but I don't know how many possible words there are. You can play for free at the link, but it will cut you off - ralph wiggum Sep 29, 08:27 15
  - The real challenge is trying to get all the possible words. We've done it only once. Spoilers for the words we've gotten today: - ralph wiggum Sep 29, 08:28 14
    - Nice list. As I was thinking I wasn't thinking about double letters enough and missed some easy ones. -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 29, 08:37
    - Full disclosure: a few of these are from Nick brute forcing semi-random combinations of letters. :) nm - ralph wiggum Sep 29, 08:37 10
      - Brute force is totally valid. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 08:52
      - Still well done. - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 29, 08:38 8
        
        I also thought I'd go back to it but once I read others replies it would have been cheating. -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 29, 08:39 7
        
        Hey man. I'm not above cheating if anyone comes up with a word not already on our list. I'm tired of missing Queen Bee by like 2 words. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 29, 08:41 6
        
        Cocci may work. -- (edited) - VMan Sep 29, 08:47 4
        
        Bravo! -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 08:52
        
        Re your IM: they take some seriously bullshit words (larboard, loblolly) and reject other seemingly normal ones (babydoll). It can feel quite random. - ralph wiggum Sep 29, 08:51
        
        It did! And that was the last one needed for Queen Bee. Thank you so much!! nm - ralph wiggum Sep 29, 08:49 1
        
        No problem. -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 08:51
        
        Ha! - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 29, 08:42
    - just last night I learned the definition of - prayformojo Sep 29, 08:34 1
      - I hope not first hand! Yipes! nm - ralph wiggum Sep 29, 08:35
- spoiler - loosilu Sep 29, 08:22 3
  - nm -- nm* - prayformojo Sep 29, 08:27
  - Oh shit, I got the rules wrong. -- nm - loosilu Sep 29, 08:23 1
    - No worries. -- nm - VMan Sep 29, 08:23

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