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
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
195
Pangrams
2
Genius score
136
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BILLIONTH
- BILLIONTH
Rank thresholds
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
- billion
- billionth
- billionth
- biotin
- blob
- blot
- blotto
- bobbin
- boho
- boil
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- bonbon
- bonito
- bonobo
- boob
- booboo
- boohoo
- boon
- boot
- booth
- both
- hobbit
- hobnob
- hobo
- holt
- hoot
- inhibition
- into
- lion
- litho
- lobo
- loin
- loll
- loon
- loot
- lotion
- lotto
- nonillion
- noob
- noon
- notion
- obit
- olio
- onion
- onto
- 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.