Spelling Bee August 8, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
228
Pangrams
2
Genius score
159
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FIXABLE
- FIXABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
57 pts
25%
Great
91 pts
40%
Amazing
114 pts
50%
Genius
159 pts
70%
Queen Bee
228 pts
100%
All accepted words
- able
- affable
- affix
- alexia
- alfalfa
- alibi
- allele
- axel
- axial
- axilla
- axillae
- axle
- baba
- babble
- babe
- babel
- baffle
- bail
- bailee
- bailiff
- bale
- ball
- befall
- biaxial
- bilabial
- billable
- blab
- fable
- fail
- falafel
- fall
- fallible
- fella
- filial
- fillable
- fixable
- fixable
- flab
- flail
- flax
- flea
- label
- labia
- labial
- labile
- leaf
- liable
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 8, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, E, F, I, L, X, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 228 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 159 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.