Spelling Bee August 16, 2024 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
70
Total points
314
Pangrams
2
Genius score
219
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LABORATORY
- LABORATORY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
78 pts
25%
Great
125 pts
40%
Amazing
157 pts
50%
Genius
219 pts
70%
Queen Bee
314 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- abort
- allot
- altar
- alto
- aorta
- aortal
- arty
- atoll
- attaboy
- attar
- ballot
- batboy
- batty
- blat
- bloat
- blot
- blotto
- boat
- bolt
- boot
- booty
- brat
- bratty
- laboratory
- laboratory
- loot
- lotto
- loyalty
- oaty
- orator
- oratory
- ratatat
- rattly
- ratty
- robot
- root
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- rotor
- royalty
- tabby
- tabla
- taboo
- tabor
- tall
- tallboy
- tally
- taro
- tarot
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tartly
- tattoo
- tatty
- toll
- tool
- toolbar
- toot
- toro
- tort
- total
- totally
- tray
- troll
- trot
- troy
- tyro
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 16, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, L, O, R, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 70 accepted words for a total of 314 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 219 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.