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hello wordl 5-22-22 (contains spoilers)
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NYT Spelling Bee 5-21-22 (contains spoilers)
I got so close to forgetting to do this. Maaaan. But doing it meant I saw that the hello wordl post from today had missed schedule! WordPress does that sometimes, and it’s really weird.
Yesterday I missed ACCURACY, ARRAY, CRANNY, and RUNNY.
Meatier Misses
ARCANA: Secrets or mysteries.
arcana (n.)
“hidden things, mysteries,” 1590s, a direct adoption of the Latin plural of arcanum “a secret, a mystery,” an important word in alchemy, from neuter of adjective arcanus “secret, hidden, private, concealed” (see arcane). Occasionally mistaken for a singular and pluralized as arcanas, because arcana is far more common than arcanum.
CURACY: The office, position, or work of a curate.
HARRY: Persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy’s territory)
Today’s summary
Final score: 43 words for 196 points.
Genius minimum: 170 points.
First word: FOIBLE.
Pangram: LIFEBLOOD.
NYT Mini Crossword 5-21-22 (contains spoilers)
53 seconds for a Saturday and at a computer. Rareties abound!
hello wordl 5-21-22 (contains spoilers)
OK I am back to solving it! Got this one in five!
hello wordl 5-20-22 (contains spoilers)
OK I am back to solving it! Got this one in five!
NYT Spelling Bee 5-20-22 (contains spoilers)
Yesterday I missed LEVEL, LIEU (Sorry, Ted), and UNLEVEL.
Meatier Misses
JEJUNE: (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
jejune (adj.)
1610s, “dull in the mind, flat, insipid, wanting in interest,” from Latin ieiunus “empty, dry, barren,” literally “fasting, hungry,” a word of obscure origin. De Vaan finds it to be from a PIE root meaning “to worship, reverence,” hence “to sacrifice” (with cognates including Sanskrit yajati “to honor, worship, sacrifice,” Avestan yaza- “to worship,” Greek agios, agnos “holy;” see hagio-), and writes that the Latin word and its relatives “would be based on the habit to perform the first sacrifice of the day on an empty stomach.” Related: jejunal; jejunally.
JULIENNE:A portion of food cut into short, thin strips.
VENULE: Anatomy A very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries.
Today’s summary
Final score: 24 words for 113 points.
Genius minimum: 108 points.
First word: CRUNCHY.
Pangram: RAUNCHY.
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NYT Spelling Bee 5-19-22 (contains spoilers)
I tried to get to genius last night, but I couldn’t push it over the edge. That changed during the day, so here we go. I’m glad to be back to posting these.
Yesterday I missed FICTION, INFO, INTO, NONFICTION, and ONTO.
Meatier Misses
concoction (n.)
1530s, “digestion” (a sense now obsolete), from Latin concoctionem (nominative concoctio) “digestion,” noun of action from past participle stem of concoquere “to digest; to boil together, prepare; to consider well,” from assimilated form of com “together” (see con-) + coquere “to cook, prepare food, ripen, digest,” from PIE root *pekw- “to cook, ripen.”
Meaning “that which is concocted” is by 1850, figurative; meaning “a devising, a planning, act of preparing and combining the materials of anything” is from 1823.
Today’s summary
Final score: 25 words for 84 points.
Genius minimum: 82 points.
First word: JUVENILE.
Pangram: JUVENILE.
hello wordl 5-19-22 (contains spoilers)
Wow I hope that the stock market does better than I did today. I feel ripped off not getting this one. Then again, I feel ripped off by the stock market for being dumb. Where’s my bull market?!
hello wordl 5-18-22 (contains spoilers)
Whoooooo! That R3 was a hard take, but it meant I got it in three!
NYT Spelling Bee 5-18-22 (contains spoilers)
Hey I’m back with this!
Final score: 35 words for 186 points.
Genius minimum: 155 points.
First word: LOIN.
Pangrams: CONFLICT, INFLICTION.