Spelling Bee August 18, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
123
Pangrams
2
Genius score
86
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GROUNDHOG
- GROUNDHOG
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
30 pts
25%
Great
49 pts
40%
Amazing
61 pts
50%
Genius
86 pts
70%
Queen Bee
123 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dodo
- doggo
- dong
- donor
- door
- dough
- dour
- drug
- dugong
- dung
- dunno
- good
- gourd
- ground
- groundhog
- groundhog
- hood
- hoodoo
- hound
- nunhood
- odor
- rondo
- rood
- round
- udon
- undo
- unground
- unhood
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 18, 2024 uses the seven letters D, G, H, N, O, R, U, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 123 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 86 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.