Guanabana
Can you guess this fruit’s other name?
Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee letters:
A, G, I, L, N, U, and center B (all words must include B)
Merriam-Webster says…
Silly little dictionary! Don’t you know that guanabana can’t possibly be a word if The New York Times says it ain’t?
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My Two Cents
There are certain words that I’ve always had a feeling would be rejected by the Spelling Bee and I would end up writing about. Guanabana is one such word. I grew up eating the fruit and drinking the shakes made from the pulp. (By the way, if you want to pronounce it like Spanish-speakers do, place the accent on the “na” syllable: gwa-NA-ba-na.)
So it was a pleasant not-surprise this morning when I typed the word into the…
