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Spelling Bee October 12, 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: O

B
H
I
L
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

195

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

136

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BILLIONTH
  • BILLIONTH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

29 pts

15%

Nice

48 pts

25%

Great

78 pts

40%

Amazing

97 pts

50%

Genius

136 pts

70%

Queen Bee

195 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 23 words
  • billion
  • billionth
  • billionth
  • biotin
  • blob
  • blot
  • blotto
  • bobbin
  • boho
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • bonbon
  • bonito
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boohoo
  • boon
  • boot
  • booth
  • both
H 5 words
  • hobbit
  • hobnob
  • hobo
  • holt
  • hoot
I 2 words
  • inhibition
  • into
L 9 words
  • lion
  • litho
  • lobo
  • loin
  • loll
  • loon
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto
N 4 words
  • nonillion
  • noob
  • noon
  • notion
O 4 words
  • obit
  • olio
  • onion
  • onto
T 7 words
  • toil
  • toll
  • tollbooth
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 12, 2024 uses the seven letters B, H, I, L, N, O, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 195 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 136 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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