When winning the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee" target="

When winning the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee" target="_blank">Spelling Bee</a> Genius Title <![CDATA[15/09/2026. This diploma needed crimping in order to fit in the frame.]]>

<![CDATA[15/09/2026. This diploma needed crimping in order to fit in the frame.]]>

<![CDATA[14/09/2026. Such a nice <b>pageboy</b>!]]>

pageboy!]]> <![CDATA[13/09/2026. (Played after the holiday)]]>

<![CDATA[12/09/2026. (Played after the holiday)]]>

<![CDATA[11/09/2026. Just before Rosh Hashanah... but without the pangram.]]>

<![CDATA[10/09/2026. I made it, they made their best to get there too.]]>

<![CDATA[09/09/2026. No need to <b>purloin</b> it, I got it legitimately:]]>

purloin it, I got it legitimately:]]> <![CDATA[08/09/2026. Is the smile the result of the obtention of the title, or of a facelift?]]>

facelift?]]> <![CDATA[07/09/2026. I pitched upon it!]]>

pitched upon it!]]> <![CDATA[07/09/2026. Trying to get to the top...]]>

<![CDATA[06/09/2026. I made it despite the <b>bondage</b>, and avoided the dangerous <b>dogbane</b> growing around.]]>

bondage, and avoided the dangerous dogbane growing around.]]> <![CDATA[05/09/2026. So many different ways of nicknaming

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nicknaming "Genius"...!]]> <![CDATA[04/09/2026. It is only after having analyzed all these types of honey that I made it to the top.]]>

analyzed all these types of honey that I made it to the top.]]> <![CDATA[03/09/2026. Littlenecks up to the neck!]]>

Littlenecks up to the neck!]]> <![CDATA[02/09/2026. I made it but only thanks to dictionaries.]]>

<![CDATA[01/09/2026. Pretty strong <b>tailwind</b>!]]>

tailwind!]]> <![CDATA[31/08/2026. With arms broadly open so as to receive the diploma so adorably presented to me.]]>

broadly open so as to receive the diploma so adorably presented to me.]]> <![CDATA[30/08/2026. Very exciting news: I got it!]]>

exciting news: I got it!]]> <![CDATA[29/09/2026. Not really worth the diploma, as despite reaching the top I hadn't found the pangram.]]>

<![CDATA[28/08/2026. I hope the <b>validity</b> of this certificate will hold for good!]]>

validity of this certificate will hold for good!]]> <![CDATA[27/08/2026. I had to race on the motorway in order to catch this one.]]>

motorway in order to catch this one.]]> <![CDATA[26/08/2026. While some letters were unchecked, I used them all. And then I ate all the chunked biscuits.]]>

unchecked, I used them all. And then I ate all the chunked biscuits.]]> <![CDATA[25/08/2026. Why do they keep unbuttoning me?]]>

unbuttoning me?]]> <![CDATA[24/08/2026. A mordant illustration of a dormant winner...]]>

mordant illustration of a dormant winner...]]> <![CDATA[23/08/2026. The bitumen on the climbing road made it a bit easier.]]>

bitumen on the climbing road made it a bit easier.]]> <![CDATA[22/08/2026. The curtain did hide the taciturn one from my eyes...]]>

curtain did hide the taciturn one from my eyes...]]> <![CDATA[21/08/2026. Groundhogs gifting the diploma!]]>

Groundhogs gifting the diploma!]]> <![CDATA[20/08/2026. This diploma caused tinniti (a word which SB rejected).]]>

<![CDATA[19/08/2026. How not to gorge on <b>provolone</b>?]]>

provolone?]]> <![CDATA[18/08/2026. So glad to have reached the top - despite being chastised for having found only one of the two pangrams - that I headbanged.]]>

<![CDATA[18/08/2026. So glad to have reached the top - despite being chastised for having found only one of the two pangrams - that I <b>headbang</b>ed.]]>

headbanged.]]> <![CDATA[17/08/2026. I won't claim being a prodigy, although I confess having solved this one relatively rapidly...]]>

prodigy, although I confess having solved this one relatively rapidly...]]> <![CDATA[16/08/2026. « <a href=

Faster than fairies, faster than witches » - this was a quickie, in a beclouded Paris.]]>"/>
« Faster than fairies, faster than witches » - this was a quickie, in a beclouded Paris.]]> <![CDATA[15/08/2026. Got to G², but pangramless.]]>

<![CDATA[15/08/2026. Got to G², but pangramless.]]>

<![CDATA[14/08/2026. These <b>intimidating</b> guys insisted on my <b>admitting</b> them in, as someone had been <b>mandating</b> them to deliver this diploma.]]>

intimidating guys insisted on my admitting them in, as someone had been mandating them to deliver this diploma.]]> <![CDATA[13/08/2026. Who'd believe halcyons would fly out of a dictionary so as to help me reach G²?]]>

<![CDATA[13/08/2026. Who'd believe <b>halcyon</b>s would fly out of a dictionary so as to help me reach G²?]]>

halcyons would fly out of a dictionary so as to help me reach G²?]]> <![CDATA[12/08/2026. These weighty characters declared me Genius.]]>

weighty characters declared me Genius.]]> <![CDATA[11/08/2026. Mentally solved!]]>

Mentally solved!]]> <![CDATA[10/08/2026. A glamourous setting, with some logograms floating around.]]>

glamourous setting, with some logograms floating around.]]> <![CDATA[09/08/2026. Trying to echolocate today's words...]]>

echolocate today's words...]]> <![CDATA[08/08/2026. Amazing multilevel train!]]>

multilevel train!]]> <![CDATA[07/08/2026. Expending on today's SB.]]>

Expending on today's SB.]]> <![CDATA[06/08/2026. Surprise! The diploma was brought by a catbird. The cicada made me reach G².]]>

catbird. The cicada made me reach G².]]> <![CDATA[05/08/2026. This time, I needed a hayfork in order to find the pangram.]]>

hayfork in order to find the pangram.]]> <![CDATA[04/08/2026. “... For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, <a href=

<![CDATA[04/08/2026.<br>“...<br>For he on <b>honey-dew</b> hath fed,<br> And drunk the milk of Paradise.”<br>— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, <a href=

Kubla Khan.]]>"/>
“...
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.”
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan.]]> <![CDATA[03/08/2026. Floridly dressed and furnished.]]>

<![CDATA[03/08/2026. <b>Floridly</b> dressed and furnished.]]>

Floridly dressed and furnished.]]> <![CDATA[02/08/2026. I channelled all the way to victory.]]>

channelled all the way to victory.]]> <![CDATA[01/08/2026. Brickbats flying all around.]]>

Brickbats flying all around.]]> <![CDATA[30/07/2026. I had to toughen in order to win this one...]]>

toughen in order to win this one...]]> <![CDATA[29/07/2026. Playing the troubadour...]]>

troubadour...]]> <![CDATA[28/07/2026. These cardboard boxes are quite impeding my progress!]]>

impeding my progress!]]> <![CDATA[27/07/2026. Inactivity...]]>

Inactivity...]]> <![CDATA[26/07/2026. The pangram describes quite well the diploma donors.]]>

<![CDATA[25/07/2026. Heartfelt thanks to my friend <a href=

Sam the painter.]]>"/>
Sam the painter.]]> <![CDATA[24/07/2026. Evoking the past...]]>

<![CDATA[23/07/2026. It went <em>so</em> fast...!]]>

so fast...!]]> <![CDATA[22/07/2026. Delicious pangrams!]]>

<![CDATA[21/07/2026. No wonder they all infallibly read the NYT: they also want to become Geniuses.]]>

<![CDATA[20/07/2026. Thanks to the millionth megalith...]]>

<![CDATA[19/07/2026. Stupidly missed the pangram, as I hadn't been vigilant (hint!) enough... No wonder E.A.P. is somewhat contemptuous.]]>

<![CDATA[16/07/2026. If you want to become a Genius, carefully follow my instructions!]]>

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<![CDATA[13/07/2026. On the Deauville seacoast.]]>

<![CDATA[12/07/2026. I had missed the pangram(s)... but still reached Genius.]]>

<![CDATA[10/07/2026. Thank you, Your Majesty!<br>In the back, Charles de Gaulle and David Ben-Gurion. I am sure you know why they attended this ceremony.]]>

In the back, Charles de Gaulle and David Ben-Gurion. I am sure you know why they attended this ceremony.]]> <![CDATA[08/07/2026. Merci, Votre Majesté Ander !]]>

<![CDATA[06/07/2026. Thank you, Emperor Ander!]]>

<![CDATA[04/07/2026. Thank you, King Ander!]]>

<![CDATA[02/07/2026. Just Genius, but not far from (the) Queen Bee.]]>

<![CDATA[28/06/2026. If you don't really know what a genius is, look it up in this illustrated dictionary.]]>

<![CDATA[26/06/2026. Albert Einstein, or, From Genius to genius.]]>

<![CDATA[25/06/2026. Alice and her environment.]]>

<![CDATA[23/06/2026. No, the pangram is <em>not</em>

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not "marijuana", as according to this game's rules, this word does not exist.]]> <![CDATA[18/06/2026. Du Génie de la Liberté (colonne de Juillet, place de la Bastille) au génie de SB...]]>

<![CDATA[18/06/2026. Du Génie de la Liberté (colonne de Juillet, place de la Bastille) au génie de SB...]]>