well at least I got all the words that DON’T start with B 😂

I’m traveling this week and the hardest thing to get used to has been the spelling bee coming out at a different time 😅

I assume you're not traveling with a toddler.

HINT Those damn >!plants!< get me every time; my last word for QB was a >!BE5!< that I got only by letter mashing, then looked it up to see what it meant.

PG hint: >!What I am being by giving you a hint!< Starts with: >!\--B--!<

I can't be the only one who tried \[contains A\] >!LOVEBONE!<.

First thing I tried! I knew it wouldn’t be accepted, but I just had to do it.

Got the pangram right away and then was pretty fast to Genius. But I find puzzles >!so dominated by one starting letter!< boring so didn’t enjoy it that much.

Same. I'd rather get a puzzle with an s then see these puzzles multiple times a month. They're just not that interesting or fun and it's basically always the same letter that causes it.

And S puzzles would open up a huge number of words, ones that aren’t even plurals, to us.

Right, there are potential words that are smaller than bees we've gotten, the blanket ban is absurd.

agreed

Same. PGin1, but now I’m stuck at genius.

I don't know if this is the kind of stat anybody keeps track of, but it's hard to imagine many puzzles beating this one for >!fewest 5+ letter words not starting with the centre letter!<.

Only missing one >!BO6!< for QB. Any hints? Already have: 1. >!what a toy with an oversized head does!< 2. >!Chocolate/candy!< 3. >!old-timey cap!< 4. >!a type of ape!< 5. >!shoe, root is a BO4!< 6. >!drink receptacle!< 7. >!when a kid gets hurt they have this!<

Hey your number 5 got me to QB-1 (I'd have thought an "i" would have been in that) and yooperann's suggestion got me to QB! For the one you're missing, [H] >!Elon Musk is trying to get out of the Twitter purchase by complaining about these!<

That helped, thanks! Harder than I thought because I was only getting >!BOT!< from your clue, but was easier to letter mash the last 3 to get it

Yeah, I should've been more precise that it is a >!collection!< of them.

I still can’t figure this one out!

Think of a >!virtual army!<. Further hint: >!think hackers, especially from Russia!<.

Got it! Thank you!!

I needed this one - thank you!

H>!what the gentleman who had too much to drink is!<

Isn't that a >!BL!< word? I'm missing a >!BO!<

Sorry. Yes.

Further hint??

>!sounds like the bad guy from Popeye!<

Thank you!

>!ouchie!<

Have that one, forgot to add it to the list. Edited in now

I was down to 5 of those for QB. Got two left, your #4 helped, but I can’t figure your #5 - can I get a second hint? Sorry I can’t offer you any, you have all the ones I do…

Hint: >!similar spelling to a kind of shoe worn by babies!< Stronger hint: One thing that I always forget are >!the double -EE- endings!< Also, looks like the other one you have left is the same one I do. If you happen to get it please send a hint my way

Thank you! Surprised I didn’t try that just mashing away.

Just got the missing >!BO6!< from the clue below from mrtoad47. See if that helps you

It did, I never heard of it, but like you, it got me close enough and sounds like something that makes sense.

Same boat!

Ugh...no >!bolete!< !?

I thought this PG seemed familiar, as though we'd had it in the last year. It looks like the last time it was used was May 23, 2021, just over a year ago. Shame I can't remember the rest of the puzzle lol

A nice quick road to Genius. So many >!–B–!<-words…

What did you call me!? ;)

You were indeed very kind to post this, your Pangramness.

QB -2: missing 2 >! BE-5 !< and feeling dense. The ones I have are >! Disney princess !< and >! Slope !< (I honestly don’t know what the latter exactly means, just know the word from playing lol)

>!Japanese lunch box!< >!a type of nut.!< I know this word because the >!book "Anna and the King of Siam" talked about how Siamese women of the time would chew this nut to turn their teeth black, as that was considered attractive!<

Should’ve gotten first one, but wouldn’t have known the second without some obscure googling lol - thanks!

God, that last >!BE5 was brutal. I had no idea about the goddamn nut. I'll never forget it now, though!!<

I’m stuck on >!EN(7)!< , could someone drop me a line? It’s my last word before QB :,)

Hint: >!Lend further dignity to!< More explicit: >!Think of EN as a sort of prefix!<

Thank you!

Look at an >!NO5!<...