I’ve moved on from Twitter, now known as X, because there’s no way I’m supporting, uh, that man. But oh my do I miss it today because there is an S ON SPELLING BEE. I mean!!!! Like NYT games nerds everywhere, I am gobsmacked. If the #nytspellingbee hashtag still exists I’m sure it exploded. I was still bleary this morning when I opened the bee, and I actually typed in a word starting with S before my jaw dropped— THERE’S AN S. I even checked to see if someone else edited it today, but it still says Sam. (*waves* Hi, Sam!)
I guess we are easily shocked, us word nerds. I have no idea if it’s a good thing or a bad thing to include S, but it is different! I’m taking deep, cleansing breaths. Whoa.
(For the non word gamers, the editor of the Spelling Bee, Sam Ezersky, has previously said there would never be an S while he is editor because it explodes the number of words available with all the plurals. But according to Google, today is the 2,500th edition, so I guess he decided to shake things up a little.)
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