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
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
168
Pangrams
2
Genius score
117
Center letter
W
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAWTHORN
- HAWTHORN
Rank thresholds
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
- arrow
- arrowroot
- athwart
- harrow
- hawthorn
- hawthorn
- narrow
- nohow
- rowan
- thaw
- throw
- thrown
- thwart
- town
- 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.