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Spelling Bee October 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: T

C
I
N
O
T
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

183

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

128

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONTINUITY
  • CONTINUITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

45 pts

25%

Great

73 pts

40%

Amazing

91 pts

50%

Genius

128 pts

70%

Queen Bee

183 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 12 words
  • city
  • coconut
  • concoct
  • concoction
  • continuity
  • continuity
  • coot
  • cotton
  • cottony
  • count
  • county
  • cutout
I 4 words
  • into
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • itty
N 2 words
  • notion
  • nutty
O 1 word
  • onto
T 14 words
  • tinct
  • tinny
  • tint
  • tiny
  • tonic
  • tony
  • toon
  • toot
  • tout
  • tuition
  • tunic
  • tutti
  • tutu
  • tycoon
U 5 words
  • unction
  • uncut
  • unit
  • unity
  • unto

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 16, 2024 uses the seven letters C, I, N, O, T, U, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 183 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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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