Gonion
Your jawline… and an April Fool’s prank
Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee letters:
B, G, I, N, U, X, and center O (all words must include O)
Merriam-Webster says…
Silly little dictionary! Don’t you know that gonion 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
This column’s loyal readers —all six of them— may have done a double-take upon reading gonion, thinking I wrote an article about this word a long time ago. Well, it wasn’t that long ago and it wasn’t the same word. But I did write an article about another part of the skull, inion, on February 11, 2021. If you want to brush up on your anatomy before tackling today’s term, click on the link below. You’ll get to see an early version of Silly Little…
