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Spelling Bee August 27, 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: O

G
I
K
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

51

accepted entries

Total points

266

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

186

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNKNOTTING
  • UNKNOTTING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

21 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

66 pts

25%

Great

106 pts

40%

Amazing

133 pts

50%

Genius

186 pts

70%

Queen Bee

266 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
G 7 words
  • ginkgo
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • goon
  • gouging
  • gout
I 5 words
  • ignition
  • ingot
  • into
  • intoning
  • intuition
K 3 words
  • knot
  • knotting
  • kook
N 7 words
  • noggin
  • nonunion
  • nook
  • noon
  • noting
  • notion
  • noun
O 10 words
  • oink
  • oinking
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • onto
  • outgo
  • outgoing
  • outgun
  • outgunning
  • outing
T 14 words
  • togging
  • toking
  • tong
  • tonging
  • tonguing
  • toning
  • took
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooting
  • toting
  • tout
  • touting
  • tuition
U 5 words
  • union
  • unknot
  • unknotting
  • unknotting
  • unto

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 27, 2024 uses the seven letters G, I, K, N, O, T, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 266 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 186 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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