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Spelling Bee August 31, 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: F

A
F
G
I
N
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

55

accepted entries

Total points

377

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

10

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

263

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • GRAFFITIING
  • GRAFFITIING
  • TARIFFING
  • TARIFFING
  • GRAFTING
  • GRAFTING
  • FARTING
  • RAFTING
  • RAFTING
  • FARTING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

18 pts

5%

Good

30 pts

8%

Solid

56 pts

15%

Nice

94 pts

25%

Great

150 pts

40%

Amazing

188 pts

50%

Genius

263 pts

70%

Queen Bee

377 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • afar
  • affair
  • affiant
  • antifa
F 23 words
  • faint
  • fainting
  • fair
  • fang
  • fanning
  • farina
  • faring
  • fart
  • farting
  • farting
  • fating
  • fiat
  • fifing
  • fining
  • firing
  • fitting
  • frag
  • fragging
  • fragrant
  • frat
  • friar
  • fringing
  • frittata
G 12 words
  • gaff
  • gift
  • gifting
  • graffiti
  • graffitiing
  • graffitiing
  • graft
  • grafting
  • grafting
  • griffin
  • grift
  • grifting
I 2 words
  • infant
  • infringing
N 1 word
  • naif
R 9 words
  • raffia
  • raft
  • rafting
  • rafting
  • riff
  • riffing
  • riffraff
  • rift
  • rifting
T 4 words
  • tariff
  • tariffing
  • tariffing
  • tiff

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 31, 2024 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, N, R, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 377 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 263 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 10 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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