this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer

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Assistant groundskeeper at the Terrier Tribe. Scooping and bagging a specialty. Voting since 1972; I've never voted for a Republican. Grew up in a Teamster household, still grateful. Rule 1: Look where you step, step where you look.

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this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· 26d

A banner day of sorts. I guess I need to share the guess distribution with my friends who read horror books.

On the day I hit 500, the solve in 3 gives me 666 threes.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· May 10

Haven't even tried this in a while. First two words were pangrams. Stare at the flower and you'll see them.

got all the words they admit to being in there.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Apr 27

I didn't know I knew so many words with Z in them.

I found all the words the NYT knew that fit, so they gave my Bee a crown.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Apr 12

Like this? Note that I got the 0 rating for choosing the wrong word from the 6 choices.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Apr 9

As usual, genius level was on my own but getting the Queen required I consult the grid.

Queen Bee badge. For finding all 32 words in the puzzle (that the NYT team acknowledge) they gave my bee a crown.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Apr 7

Got to genius in about 40 minutes on my own, but getting the Queen required looking at the grid. NB: there can't be a sailor on the NYT spelling bee team because it rejected "gunnel" no matter how colorfully I swore as I typed it.

It took 48 words to get the Queen Bee badge today. Too bad they didn't accept GUNNEL as one of them.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Apr 3

Probably need to get a hobby. Got to genius in about 30 minutes on my own, but admit to looking at the grid to get the Queen. Why wasn't DALEK on today's word list?

I found all the words so my bee gets a crown. I'm still complaining about DALEK not being in today's word list.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Apr 3

AHA! I turned off hard mode and had the bot solve it again. This time...

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Apr 3

I turned on hard mode in the settings and here's how my bot solved #1749 (April 3, 2026). If you don't have hard mode turned on, did your bot solve it the same way?

Here's how the bot solved #1749 when I had hard mode turned on.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Mar 30

Here is me vs the bot today, #1475.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Mar 28

Got to Genius in the waiting room at the vet's this afternoon. 13-year-old dog suddenly having trouble with stairs, furniture. X-rays and bloodwork indicate probable back (muscle) sprain, likely from the lunges she did while out on a walk. Given mild pain meds and advised to rest. The dog, not me.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Mar 16

Got one today, with a little help from the grid.

queen bee badge for finding all 38 words.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Mar 6

Been a while since I managed this. Got to genius on my own but then needed the grid to get the last couple of words.

I found all 48 words in the puzzle so they put a crown on my bee.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Feb 25

At least something went reasonably well today.

The Queen Bee badge, awarded for finding all the words in the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle 25 Feb 2026.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Feb 21

Neighbor asked me why I was shoveling. "Snowblower is in the shop." 10 minutes later he was this guy.

Gotta love New England. Neighbor doing my driveway when my snowblower is in the shop. Yes those are crocs.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Feb 21

Weird. When I checked the bot, it got 4. I didn't realize it played anew for each person who checked it.

Steven Spicer vs the wordlebot, Wordle #1708, 21 Feb 2026.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Feb 4

Got to genius in about 20 minutes entirely on my own, but confess that to get the last few words out of the Queen I looked at the grid. I should probably play more often.

Queen Bee badge, given for finding all the words you can make from the 7 letters shown, always using the letter in the center. At least, all the words the NYT staff know.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Jan 15

Getting dull in my dotage. Got to genius level on my own but needed the grid to get the Queen.

Found all the words so the bee gets a crown.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Jan 11

I'm quite sure that I don't know how this happened. I wasn't really paying that much attention.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Jan 10

I've got to get something approaching a real life. I hit genius level on my own, but the grid helped find the queen. Not doing this tomorrow. Really, I'm not.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Jan 2

For so few words (just 23!), this was unexpectedly tough. I got to genius level without the grid or the hints, but I had to use the grid to get all the way.

I found all the words in the puzzle so my bee gets a crown today.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Dec 28

Getting to genius seemed straightforward, but then getting the rest took a couple of hours (including breaks). Not that many words in there but my brain just didn't care to find them.

Made all the possible words (on *their* list) so my bee gets a crown.

this time we've agreed to be Steven Spicer@theterriertribe· Dec 22

Okay, now I'm just getting pushy, but 25 minutes, no grid, no hints, 2 pangrams, and I'll beg forgiveness for this spoiler because I find it amusing: 'deduced' put me over the top. Is that not fitting for a word puzzle, or am I too easily amused?