Thursday · 45 words

Spelling Bee August 22, 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: U

C
D
E
H
K
N
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

243

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

170

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNCHECKED
  • UNCHECKED
  • CHUNKED
  • CHUNKED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

36 pts

15%

Nice

60 pts

25%

Great

97 pts

40%

Amazing

121 pts

50%

Genius

170 pts

70%

Queen Bee

243 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 7 words
  • chuck
  • chucked
  • chunk
  • chunked
  • chunked
  • cued
  • cuke
D 15 words
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • denude
  • denuded
  • deuce
  • duck
  • ducked
  • dude
  • duke
  • duked
  • dunce
  • dune
  • dunk
  • dunked
  • dunned
E 5 words
  • educe
  • educed
  • endue
  • endued
  • eunuch
H 4 words
  • hued
  • hunch
  • hunched
  • hunk
K 1 word
  • kudu
N 5 words
  • nude
  • nuke
  • nuked
  • nunchuck
  • nunchuk
U 7 words
  • unceded
  • uncheck
  • unchecked
  • unchecked
  • undue
  • unheeded
  • unneeded

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 22, 2024 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, K, N, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 243 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 170 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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