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Spelling Bee July 16, 2024 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: D

A
D
I
R
W
Y
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

19

accepted entries

Total points

90

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

62

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WIZARDRY
  • WIZARDRY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

7 pts

8%

Solid

13 pts

15%

Nice

22 pts

25%

Great

36 pts

40%

Amazing

45 pts

50%

Genius

63 pts

70%

Queen Bee

90 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • arid
  • award
D 8 words
  • daddy
  • dairy
  • diary
  • dizzy
  • draw
  • dray
  • dryad
  • dyad
R 3 words
  • radar
  • radii
  • raid
W 5 words
  • ward
  • wayward
  • wizard
  • wizardry
  • wizardry
Y 1 word
  • yard

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, July 16, 2024 uses the seven letters A, D, I, R, W, Y, Z, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 19 accepted words for a total of 90 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 62 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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