Kevin E. Davis
@kevinedavis.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 ✡️ Retired Navy ⚓; from Norwalk, Conn.; MS Info Sys, GWU; BS, UMD. Live in San Diego, CA. I mostly post about the NY Times Spelling Bee 🐝.
QB with: T7: Giving a name to a book or film, or making someone a duke; gerund.
0 debuts, 1 pangram.
I found it fairly easy today.
0 debuts, 1 pangram.
I found it fairly easy today.
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
QB with: T7: Giving a name to a book or film, or making someone a duke; gerund.
0 debuts, 1 pangram.
I found it fairly easy today.
0 debuts, 1 pangram.
I found it fairly easy today.
Genius with: Sudden feeling of excitement & pleasure (the…of plummeting on a roller coaster), T6 noun/verb + T9 pangram gerund.
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Genius with: Sudden feeling of excitement & pleasure (the…of plummeting on a roller coaster), T6 noun/verb + T9 pangram gerund.
QB with T5: A traditional Mexican sandwich typically consisting of meat, cheese, & assorted toppings (such as lettuce, avocado, & refried beans) in a split bun. Starts with today's T4, legal wrong.
0 debuts, 2 pangrams, abbr., "OUT" prefixes & suffixes, foreign words, food & drink.
0 debuts, 2 pangrams, abbr., "OUT" prefixes & suffixes, foreign words, food & drink.
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
QB with T5: A traditional Mexican sandwich typically consisting of meat, cheese, & assorted toppings (such as lettuce, avocado, & refried beans) in a split bun. Starts with today's T4, legal wrong.
0 debuts, 2 pangrams, abbr., "OUT" prefixes & suffixes, foreign words, food & drink.
0 debuts, 2 pangrams, abbr., "OUT" prefixes & suffixes, foreign words, food & drink.
C6: Cardboard person (how you make one), or spy intermediary; compound noun; starts with "snip" synonym; has -OUT suffix.
C8: Food order you pick up or take to go; pangram; has -OUT suffix.
Genius with a C6 root veg 🥕 that bunnies like to eat.
C8: Food order you pick up or take to go; pangram; has -OUT suffix.
Genius with a C6 root veg 🥕 that bunnies like to eat.
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
C6: Cardboard person (how you make one), or spy intermediary; compound noun; starts with "snip" synonym; has -OUT suffix.
C8: Food order you pick up or take to go; pangram; has -OUT suffix.
Genius with a C6 root veg 🥕 that bunnies like to eat.
C8: Food order you pick up or take to go; pangram; has -OUT suffix.
Genius with a C6 root veg 🥕 that bunnies like to eat.
QB with an A6 adj. for the 1-celled organism, spelled without the usual "O," as are the above singular & plural nouns for it.
No debuts today. 2 pangrams (2 spellings of the same word).
2 Latin plurals, slang, alt spellings, 1 BE- prefix of a word today.
No debuts today. 2 pangrams (2 spellings of the same word).
2 Latin plurals, slang, alt spellings, 1 BE- prefix of a word today.
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
QB with an A6 adj. for the 1-celled organism, spelled without the usual "O," as are the above singular & plural nouns for it.
No debuts today. 2 pangrams (2 spellings of the same word).
2 Latin plurals, slang, alt spellings, 1 BE- prefix of a word today.
No debuts today. 2 pangrams (2 spellings of the same word).
2 Latin plurals, slang, alt spellings, 1 BE- prefix of a word today.
[Repost for error.]
1 BE- prefix of a C4 today.
M6: Person who’s unkind, slang. Starts with an M4 today (average, in math).
Threaten, M6 verb; or person who causes harm (Dennis the…), M6 noun.
Genius with A5: Japanese cartoon.
1 BE- prefix of a C4 today.
M6: Person who’s unkind, slang. Starts with an M4 today (average, in math).
Threaten, M6 verb; or person who causes harm (Dennis the…), M6 noun.
Genius with A5: Japanese cartoon.
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
[Repost for error.]
1 BE- prefix of a C4 today.
M6: Person who’s unkind, slang. Starts with an M4 today (average, in math).
Threaten, M6 verb; or person who causes harm (Dennis the…), M6 noun.
Genius with A5: Japanese cartoon.
1 BE- prefix of a C4 today.
M6: Person who’s unkind, slang. Starts with an M4 today (average, in math).
Threaten, M6 verb; or person who causes harm (Dennis the…), M6 noun.
Genius with A5: Japanese cartoon.
D4: Greek letter Δ-shaped upper arm & shoulder muscle, slang abbr.
QB with D7: Expert marksman, or disc with holes for sailboat lines; compound noun that starts with today's D4 "alive" antonym & ends with a seeing organ 👁️.
4 debuts & 1 pangram today. Some slang, abbr., & obscurities.
QB with D7: Expert marksman, or disc with holes for sailboat lines; compound noun that starts with today's D4 "alive" antonym & ends with a seeing organ 👁️.
4 debuts & 1 pangram today. Some slang, abbr., & obscurities.
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
D4: Greek letter Δ-shaped upper arm & shoulder muscle, slang abbr.
QB with D7: Expert marksman, or disc with holes for sailboat lines; compound noun that starts with today's D4 "alive" antonym & ends with a seeing organ 👁️.
4 debuts & 1 pangram today. Some slang, abbr., & obscurities.
QB with D7: Expert marksman, or disc with holes for sailboat lines; compound noun that starts with today's D4 "alive" antonym & ends with a seeing organ 👁️.
4 debuts & 1 pangram today. Some slang, abbr., & obscurities.
D4: Something that consists of 2 parts, from Greek (Kylo Ren & Rey, e.g.).
Genius with D4 (12/4/2025, e.g.). It also has a D5 adj./past verb today.
Genius with D4 (12/4/2025, e.g.). It also has a D5 adj./past verb today.
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
D4: Something that consists of 2 parts, from Greek (Kylo Ren & Rey, e.g.).
Genius with D4 (12/4/2025, e.g.). It also has a D5 adj./past verb today.
Genius with D4 (12/4/2025, e.g.). It also has a D5 adj./past verb today.
QB with C7: Canopy beneath which Jewish marriage ceremonies are performed; from Hebrew.
I had trouble remembering how to spell it in English.
No debuts today, 1 pangram (perfect).
I had trouble remembering how to spell it in English.
No debuts today, 1 pangram (perfect).
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
QB with C7: Canopy beneath which Jewish marriage ceremonies are performed; from Hebrew.
I had trouble remembering how to spell it in English.
No debuts today, 1 pangram (perfect).
I had trouble remembering how to spell it in English.
No debuts today, 1 pangram (perfect).
Genius with a C5 verb, what you do when a ball is thrown to you.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Genius with a C5 verb, what you do when a ball is thrown to you.
QB with C5: Side of your face (Fred Astaire: "Dancing ... to ...").
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
QB with C5: Side of your face (Fred Astaire: "Dancing ... to ...").
Genius with C5: Arum plant referred to as a lily; starts with a C4 today (phone someone).
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Genius with C5: Arum plant referred to as a lily; starts with a C4 today (phone someone).
W8: Feral forest; starts with today's W4 "feral."
W4: Collaborative web site, such as “…pedia.”
QB with W4 "feral."
W4: Collaborative web site, such as “…pedia.”
QB with W4 "feral."
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
W8: Feral forest; starts with today's W4 "feral."
W4: Collaborative web site, such as “…pedia.”
QB with W4 "feral."
W4: Collaborative web site, such as “…pedia.”
QB with W4 "feral."
W8: Non-brass musical instruments you blow (oboe, bassoon, flute, etc.); compound; ends in an W4 today (outside air movement).
Genius with: Weeping” tree, or 1988 Val Kilmer fantasy film; W6 noun.
Genius with: Weeping” tree, or 1988 Val Kilmer fantasy film; W6 noun.
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
W8: Non-brass musical instruments you blow (oboe, bassoon, flute, etc.); compound; ends in an W4 today (outside air movement).
Genius with: Weeping” tree, or 1988 Val Kilmer fantasy film; W6 noun.
Genius with: Weeping” tree, or 1988 Val Kilmer fantasy film; W6 noun.
C7: Knot of hair on back of head, from French.
C5: Business casual khaki pants (usually plural), or city near L.A.
QB with C6: Making a pigeon sound, or talking amorously; gerund.
No debuts, all letters used, only 1 "U" word, 1 Latin plural, 1 ON- & 1 NON- prefix of words today, slang.
C5: Business casual khaki pants (usually plural), or city near L.A.
QB with C6: Making a pigeon sound, or talking amorously; gerund.
No debuts, all letters used, only 1 "U" word, 1 Latin plural, 1 ON- & 1 NON- prefix of words today, slang.
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
C7: Knot of hair on back of head, from French.
C5: Business casual khaki pants (usually plural), or city near L.A.
QB with C6: Making a pigeon sound, or talking amorously; gerund.
No debuts, all letters used, only 1 "U" word, 1 Latin plural, 1 ON- & 1 NON- prefix of words today, slang.
C5: Business casual khaki pants (usually plural), or city near L.A.
QB with C6: Making a pigeon sound, or talking amorously; gerund.
No debuts, all letters used, only 1 "U" word, 1 Latin plural, 1 ON- & 1 NON- prefix of words today, slang.
H6: Boss (head…); Japanese.
C4: Silver Pacific salmon.
C5: Sea snail with spiral shell.
Genius with: Sofa 🛋️, C5 non-verb + C8 pangram gerund (expressing something in language of a specified style).
C4: Silver Pacific salmon.
C5: Sea snail with spiral shell.
Genius with: Sofa 🛋️, C5 non-verb + C8 pangram gerund (expressing something in language of a specified style).
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
H6: Boss (head…); Japanese.
C4: Silver Pacific salmon.
C5: Sea snail with spiral shell.
Genius with: Sofa 🛋️, C5 non-verb + C8 pangram gerund (expressing something in language of a specified style).
C4: Silver Pacific salmon.
C5: Sea snail with spiral shell.
Genius with: Sofa 🛋️, C5 non-verb + C8 pangram gerund (expressing something in language of a specified style).
QB with T4: Thin ceramic wall, counter, flooring, or roofing square.
No debuts, all letters used, 1 pangram, 1 Latin plural. Some A-, EN-, & IN- prefixes. Slang, abbr., & foreign words. Cardinal & ordinal numbers.
No debuts, all letters used, 1 pangram, 1 Latin plural. Some A-, EN-, & IN- prefixes. Slang, abbr., & foreign words. Cardinal & ordinal numbers.
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
QB with T4: Thin ceramic wall, counter, flooring, or roofing square.
No debuts, all letters used, 1 pangram, 1 Latin plural. Some A-, EN-, & IN- prefixes. Slang, abbr., & foreign words. Cardinal & ordinal numbers.
No debuts, all letters used, 1 pangram, 1 Latin plural. Some A-, EN-, & IN- prefixes. Slang, abbr., & foreign words. Cardinal & ordinal numbers.
L6: Directly descended in ancestry (matri- or patri-...), adj. Starts with an L4 today (a queue).
L6: Mainly brown & gray finch with a reddish breast & forehead.
L5: Skinny, supple, & graceful (her…figure); adj.
Genius with an L5 fabric that gets wrinkled easily.
L6: Mainly brown & gray finch with a reddish breast & forehead.
L5: Skinny, supple, & graceful (her…figure); adj.
Genius with an L5 fabric that gets wrinkled easily.
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
L6: Directly descended in ancestry (matri- or patri-...), adj. Starts with an L4 today (a queue).
L6: Mainly brown & gray finch with a reddish breast & forehead.
L5: Skinny, supple, & graceful (her…figure); adj.
Genius with an L5 fabric that gets wrinkled easily.
L6: Mainly brown & gray finch with a reddish breast & forehead.
L5: Skinny, supple, & graceful (her…figure); adj.
Genius with an L5 fabric that gets wrinkled easily.
R6: Harmful gas that seeps into homes; atomic no. 86.
QB with R5: A person who is not known or recognizable or whose appearance (as in a conversation or narrative) seems unprompted or unwelcome; slang abbr.; starts with an R4 today.
QB with R5: A person who is not known or recognizable or whose appearance (as in a conversation or narrative) seems unprompted or unwelcome; slang abbr.; starts with an R4 today.
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
R6: Harmful gas that seeps into homes; atomic no. 86.
QB with R5: A person who is not known or recognizable or whose appearance (as in a conversation or narrative) seems unprompted or unwelcome; slang abbr.; starts with an R4 today.
QB with R5: A person who is not known or recognizable or whose appearance (as in a conversation or narrative) seems unprompted or unwelcome; slang abbr.; starts with an R4 today.
D5: Arab $, NOT supper.
Genius with D5: Fop, or foppish (“Yankee Doodle…” Cagney film).
Genius with D5: Fop, or foppish (“Yankee Doodle…” Cagney film).
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
D5: Arab $, NOT supper.
Genius with D5: Fop, or foppish (“Yankee Doodle…” Cagney film).
Genius with D5: Fop, or foppish (“Yankee Doodle…” Cagney film).
QB with: P6: Wrote (with an ink stick 🖊️✒️🖋️); or enclosed animals in a corral; past verb.
1 debut, 1 pangram (the debut), all letters used, only 1 "C" word (the debut pangram), DE- & IN- prefixes of words today, slang.
1 debut, 1 pangram (the debut), all letters used, only 1 "C" word (the debut pangram), DE- & IN- prefixes of words today, slang.
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
QB with: P6: Wrote (with an ink stick 🖊️✒️🖋️); or enclosed animals in a corral; past verb.
1 debut, 1 pangram (the debut), all letters used, only 1 "C" word (the debut pangram), DE- & IN- prefixes of words today, slang.
1 debut, 1 pangram (the debut), all letters used, only 1 "C" word (the debut pangram), DE- & IN- prefixes of words today, slang.
P8: Scientific name for seals (“flipper-footed” in Latin).
P4: Multicolored, adj. Think Greek letter P, π, or cherry or apple tart. "The... 🪈 of Hamelin" fairy tale.
Genius with: Section of something larger, P5 noun; or assemble (…together), P5 present + P6 past verbs.
P4: Multicolored, adj. Think Greek letter P, π, or cherry or apple tart. "The... 🪈 of Hamelin" fairy tale.
Genius with: Section of something larger, P5 noun; or assemble (…together), P5 present + P6 past verbs.
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
P8: Scientific name for seals (“flipper-footed” in Latin).
P4: Multicolored, adj. Think Greek letter P, π, or cherry or apple tart. "The... 🪈 of Hamelin" fairy tale.
Genius with: Section of something larger, P5 noun; or assemble (…together), P5 present + P6 past verbs.
P4: Multicolored, adj. Think Greek letter P, π, or cherry or apple tart. "The... 🪈 of Hamelin" fairy tale.
Genius with: Section of something larger, P5 noun; or assemble (…together), P5 present + P6 past verbs.
F6: Of or due from a son or daughter, adj.
F8: Capable of making mistakes, adj.
QB with F4 Small flute used with a drum in military bands, or deputy sheriff Barney on "The Andy Griffith Show" & its F4 anagram "Medieval for feudal land or area of control."
F8: Capable of making mistakes, adj.
QB with F4 Small flute used with a drum in military bands, or deputy sheriff Barney on "The Andy Griffith Show" & its F4 anagram "Medieval for feudal land or area of control."
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
F6: Of or due from a son or daughter, adj.
F8: Capable of making mistakes, adj.
QB with F4 Small flute used with a drum in military bands, or deputy sheriff Barney on "The Andy Griffith Show" & its F4 anagram "Medieval for feudal land or area of control."
F8: Capable of making mistakes, adj.
QB with F4 Small flute used with a drum in military bands, or deputy sheriff Barney on "The Andy Griffith Show" & its F4 anagram "Medieval for feudal land or area of control."
Genius with B8: Subject to a fee (a lawyer's…hours); starts with a B4 "William" nickname today; ends with a "can do so" suffix.
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Genius with B8: Subject to a fee (a lawyer's…hours); starts with a B4 "William" nickname today; ends with a "can do so" suffix.