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Tue 21 Oct, 2025 01:48 pm
I thought there should be a thread to create and/or vote for the funniest fake "word" that can be made using the NYT Spelling Bee letters on any given day. I DON'T mean those long, *real* words that you almost can make if it just weren't for ONE pesky letter being missing. I mean ones that you CAN make using only the letters provided--except they aren't actually words. They don't need to be pangrams, but certainly can be.
For example, this past Sunday I came up with ENTEEFING, the act of sinking one's teeth into something. Today the best I could come up with is DEMONEYED, which is what wealthy people or corporations can be when sued into oblivion (which is, admittedly, rather close to some real answers, so it isn't as funny).
There probably won't be enough answers on any given day to have a vote, so depending on how many people contribute, "best of the week" or "best of the month" is likely the best way to do it. Again, fake words only, if there's any doubt whether something is a legitimate answer, please test it before posting.
@funwithwords,
Okay, for those who don't know, the NY Times has a word game with 7 letters and there's one letter which is compulsory. Words have to be at least 3 letters long, and there are definitely real words which they don't accept.
Today, October 21, 2025, the spelling bee shows these letters: DEHMNO and the compulsory letter is Y.
Hence, here's my fake word:
DOOMYED - the condition of there having been doom, and now it's gone.