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Silly Little Dictionary!

I tease the Merriam-Webster dictionary about words it made up… according to the editors of the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle.

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Loogie

4 min readJun 1, 2023

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Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee says:

Screenshotted by Iva Reztok

Merriam-Webster claims…

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Credit: merriam-webster.com

Silly little dictionary! Don’t you know that loogie can’t possibly be a word if The New York Times says it ain’t?

For a complete list of rejected words, check out the Spelling Bee Master.

What’s your favorite dord* from today’s puzzle?

My Two Cents

I’m not quite sure if the animal depicted in the photo at the top of today’s article is a llama, an alpaca, a vicuña, or a guanaco. All four belong to the camel family, but only the first two have been domesticated. So I assume the image shows either a llama or an alpaca. In any case, both are well known for their spitting abilities.

And spitting is what today’s article is all about. Well, that and a South Park character.

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Avi Kotzer
Avi Kotzer

Written by Avi Kotzer

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” ― Albert Einstein ▹ My column: https://medium.com/silly-little-dictionary ▹ avionmedium@gmail.com

Silly Little Dictionary!
Silly Little Dictionary!

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I tease the Merriam-Webster dictionary about words it made up… according to the editors of the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle.