colorado
The hue, not the state
Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee says:
But Merriam-Webster claims…
Silly little dictionary! Don’t you know that colorado 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 started smoking cigars in the early 1990s, before the official “boom” began; my father smoked cigars and pipes and one day I decided to try the former to see what all the hoopla was about. I began reading about hand-rolled cigars, their history, the steps involved in their production, even the craftsmanship that went into growing, selecting and rolling them.
Intertwined with the facts were the stories; some were probably true, others may have been embellishments or outright fabrications. They were all interesting to me, of…