Saturday · 36 words

Spelling Bee August 17, 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: L

D
G
I
L
N
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

200

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

140

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DIVULGING
  • DIVULGING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

30 pts

15%

Nice

50 pts

25%

Great

80 pts

40%

Amazing

100 pts

50%

Genius

140 pts

70%

Queen Bee

200 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 6 words
  • diddling
  • dill
  • divulging
  • divulging
  • dull
  • dulling
G 12 words
  • giggling
  • gild
  • gilding
  • gill
  • gilling
  • gliding
  • glug
  • glugging
  • gluing
  • guild
  • gull
  • gulling
I 2 words
  • idling
  • indulging
L 11 words
  • linguini
  • lining
  • livid
  • living
  • lugging
  • luging
  • lull
  • lulling
  • lulu
  • lung
  • lunging
N 2 words
  • niggling
  • null
U 1 word
  • unliving
V 1 word
  • vigil

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 17, 2024 uses the seven letters D, G, I, L, N, U, V, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 200 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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