Ramtil
A plant, and a clever solution for a controversial name
Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee letters:
A, I, L, P, R, T, and center M (all words must include M)
Merriam-Webster says…
Silly little dictionary! Don’t you know that ramtil 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
Back in the dark ages of the 1990s, a few years before the interwebs really exploded across the world and began connecting us all, the big trend in research was CD-ROM encyclopedias. Personal computer use had boomed in the 1980s, CDs had been invented, and many encyclopedia companies decided to switch to that format. One of the first companies to do so was Grolier’s in the mid-1980s, but it was text-only. Compton’s came out…
