Ballon
Float like a butterfly, sting like a ballerina
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5 min readMar 30, 2021
Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee letters:
A, C, L, N, O, R, and center B (all words must include B).
Merriam-Webster says…
Silly little dictionary! Don’t you know ballon can’t possibly be a word if the New York Times says it ain’t?
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What’s your favorite dord* from today’s puzzle?
My Two Cents
Considering the amount of time and columns the New York Times spends discussing ballet in its newspaper, you would think ballon would be a perfectly acceptable word for today’s Spelling Bee.
The editors of the puzzle disagree.
Ballon is a fun word to say, because you get to use that funky nasal tone that makes everyone think you actually know French. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to embed audio on…
