If AI is going to take over the world, why can't it solve the Spelling Bee?

My task for our AI overlords was simple: help me crack the New York Times Spelling Bee. I had spent a large chunk of a Saturday evening trying to shape the letters G, Y, A, L, P, O and N into as many words as possible. But three hours, 141 points and 37 words -- including "nonapology", "lagoon" and "analogy" -- later, I had hit a wall. A few more words was all I needed to propel myself into Spelling Bee's "genius" echelon, the title reserved for those who unscramble 70 percent of all possible words using the given letters, and the point at which the puzzle considers itself, effectively, solved. My human mind was clearly struggling, but this task seemed like child's play for AI, so I fired up ChatGPT, told it I was trying to win the Spelling Bee, gave it my letters and laid out the rules.