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Spelling Bee August 23, 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: B

A
B
E
L
O
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

71

accepted entries

Total points

308

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

215

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TABLETOP
  • TABLETOP
  • POTABLE
  • POTABLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

24 pts

8%

Solid

46 pts

15%

Nice

77 pts

25%

Great

123 pts

40%

Amazing

154 pts

50%

Genius

215 pts

70%

Queen Bee

308 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • abate
  • abbot
  • abet
  • ablate
  • able
  • appealable
B 46 words
  • baba
  • babble
  • babe
  • babel
  • bale
  • ball
  • ballet
  • ballot
  • baobab
  • bate
  • battle
  • beat
  • beatable
  • bebop
  • beep
  • beet
  • beetle
  • belate
  • bell
  • belle
  • belt
  • beta
  • betel
  • blab
  • blat
  • bleat
  • bleep
  • bloat
  • blob
  • bloop
  • blot
  • blotto
  • boat
  • boatel
  • boba
  • bobble
  • bola
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boop
  • boot
  • bootee
  • bottle
L 3 words
  • label
  • lobe
  • lobo
O 2 words
  • oblate
  • oboe
P 8 words
  • palatable
  • palpable
  • pebble
  • peelable
  • pleb
  • plebe
  • potable
  • potable
T 6 words
  • tabla
  • table
  • tablet
  • tabletop
  • tabletop
  • taboo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 23, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, E, L, O, P, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 71 accepted words for a total of 308 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 215 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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