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
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
200
Pangrams
2
Genius score
140
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DIVULGING
- DIVULGING
Rank thresholds
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
- diddling
- dill
- divulging
- divulging
- dull
- dulling
- giggling
- gild
- gilding
- gill
- gilling
- gliding
- glug
- glugging
- gluing
- guild
- gull
- gulling
- idling
- indulging
- linguini
- lining
- livid
- living
- lugging
- luging
- lull
- lulling
- lulu
- lung
- lunging
- niggling
- null
- unliving
- 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.