Saturday · 31 words

Spelling Bee August 3, 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: V

A
C
I
L
N
O
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

30

accepted entries

Total points

182

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

127

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONVIVIAL
  • CONVIVIAL
  • VOLCANIC
  • VOLCANIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

45 pts

25%

Great

72 pts

40%

Amazing

91 pts

50%

Genius

127 pts

70%

Queen Bee

182 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • anvil
  • avail
  • avian
C 7 words
  • cava
  • cavil
  • civic
  • civil
  • civilian
  • convivial
  • convivial
L 1 word
  • lava
N 3 words
  • naval
  • nonvocal
  • nova
O 1 word
  • oval
V 15 words
  • vain
  • vanilla
  • vanillin
  • vial
  • villa
  • villain
  • viol
  • viola
  • violin
  • vocal
  • vocalic
  • voila
  • volcanic
  • volcanic
  • volcano

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 3, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, N, O, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 182 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 127 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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