Thursday · 36 words

Spelling Bee August 29, 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: W

A
H
N
O
R
T
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

168

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

117

70% of total

Center letter

W

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HAWTHORN
  • HAWTHORN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

67 pts

40%

Amazing

84 pts

50%

Genius

117 pts

70%

Queen Bee

168 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • arrow
  • arrowroot
  • athwart
H 3 words
  • harrow
  • hawthorn
  • hawthorn
N 2 words
  • narrow
  • nohow
R 1 word
  • rowan
T 5 words
  • thaw
  • throw
  • thrown
  • thwart
  • town
W 21 words
  • wahoo
  • wanna
  • want
  • wanton
  • warn
  • warrant
  • warrantor
  • wart
  • watt
  • what
  • whatnot
  • whoa
  • wont
  • wonton
  • woohoo
  • woot
  • worn
  • wort
  • worth
  • wrath
  • wroth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 29, 2024 uses the seven letters A, H, N, O, R, T, W, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 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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