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Spelling Bee August 26, 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: A

A
D
H
I
L
O
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

28

accepted entries

Total points

125

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

87

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HOLIDAY
  • HOLIDAY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

31 pts

25%

Great

50 pts

40%

Amazing

62 pts

50%

Genius

87 pts

70%

Queen Bee

125 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • ahoy
  • aioli
  • allay
  • alloy
  • ally
  • aloha
D 9 words
  • daddy
  • dahlia
  • daily
  • dally
  • daylily
  • dial
  • dillydally
  • doodad
  • dyad
H 7 words
  • hail
  • halal
  • hall
  • halo
  • hiya
  • holiday
  • holiday
L 5 words
  • lady
  • laid
  • load
  • loyal
  • loyally
Y 1 word
  • yahoo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 26, 2024 uses the seven letters A, D, H, I, L, O, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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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