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Spelling Bee October 17, 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: P

A
C
E
H
I
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

59

accepted entries

Total points

301

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

210

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • APATHETIC
  • APATHETIC
  • PATHETIC
  • PATHETIC
  • HEPATIC
  • HEPATIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

24 pts

8%

Solid

45 pts

15%

Nice

75 pts

25%

Great

120 pts

40%

Amazing

150 pts

50%

Genius

210 pts

70%

Queen Bee

301 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • accept
  • apace
  • apathetic
  • apathetic
  • apiece
  • appetite
C 8 words
  • cape
  • captcha
  • chap
  • chapati
  • cheap
  • cheapie
  • cheep
  • chip
E 4 words
  • epee
  • epic
  • epitaph
  • epithet
H 6 words
  • haptic
  • heap
  • hepatic
  • hepatic
  • hepcat
  • hippie
I 1 word
  • ipecac
P 28 words
  • pace
  • pact
  • papa
  • patch
  • pate
  • path
  • pathetic
  • pathetic
  • peace
  • peach
  • peat
  • peep
  • pepita
  • peptic
  • petit
  • petite
  • phat
  • pica
  • piccata
  • piece
  • pipe
  • pipet
  • pipette
  • pipit
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • pitch
  • pith
T 6 words
  • tapa
  • tape
  • teepee
  • tepee
  • tipi
  • tippet

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 17, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 301 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 210 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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