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In response to "Would anyone like to do the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle? " by ralph wiggum

Here's a few. How many are we supposed to get? Do they give a rating scale?

Posted by VMan Sep 29 '20, 08:22

chicory
chick
chock
crock
hick
hock
rock
choir
cork
hickory

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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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