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Funniest Spelling Bee non-words!

 
 
Reply 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.
 
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Reply Tue 21 Oct, 2025 05:48 pm
@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.
nacredambition
 
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Reply Sat 25 Oct, 2025 09:39 pm
@jespah,
Ersatz words from:

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DEHMNO and the compulsory letter is Y.


ENDYMON - The shepherd who kept an I out for the moon.

HEDONYM - Deriving unusual pleasure from remembering someone's name.

Saturday's pangram must have F with O L K E A T.



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Reply Tue 28 Oct, 2025 02:33 pm
I got one today--so the letters are I BOTNHL. I thought of "BILLTOOTH" for the downturned sharp part at the end of a raptor's beak. Not exactly *funny* but I thought it's a great name for it. Also "BIBLIOTHON" as a more proper name for a "read-a-thon", which would actually be a pangram. Amazingly, the actual long "B" answer (which could be the pangram) still escapes me.

A funnier but less sensible one is "HILLBILLION" for a large group of hillbillies.
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