O-C-C-I-P-U-T—Awesome! +7 points flashes the New York Times Spelling Bee app. A little smug smile. That’s a good one.

It started with a lot of four-letter words back in the Autumn months of lockdown—Good! +1 point. Now the Spelling Bee is clapping letters and the daffodils are smiling golden.

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