Spelling Bee February 16, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
239
Pangrams
2
Genius score
167
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCAVATED
- EXCAVATED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
95 pts
40%
Amazing
119 pts
50%
Genius
167 pts
70%
Queen Bee
239 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- acetate
- acted
- added
- axed
- cadet
- cave
- caveat
- caved
- cede
- ceded
- date
- dated
- dead
- decade
- deed
- deeded
- detect
- detected
- eave
- eaved
- evade
- evaded
- exact
- exacta
- exacted
- excavate
- excavated
- excavated
- exceed
- exceeded
- exec
- tacet
- tatted
- taxed
- teat
- teed
- text
- texted
- vacate
- vacated
- vaxed
- vaxxed
- vetted
- vexed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 16, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, T, V, X, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 239 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 167 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.