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[06/08/2026. Surprise! The diploma was brought by a catbird with the help of a cicada, which made me reach G².]]>

<![CDATA[06/08/2026. Surprise! The diploma was brought by a <b>catbird</b> with the help of a <b>cicada</b>, which made me reach G².]]>

catbird with the help of a cicada, which 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...]]>