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Spelling Bee October 18, 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: F

D
F
G
I
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

129

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

90

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FOUNDING
  • FOUNDING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

19 pts

15%

Nice

32 pts

25%

Great

51 pts

40%

Amazing

64 pts

50%

Genius

90 pts

70%

Queen Bee

129 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 4 words
  • doff
  • doffing
  • duff
  • duffing
F 16 words
  • fifing
  • find
  • finding
  • fining
  • fogging
  • fond
  • food
  • found
  • founding
  • founding
  • fudging
  • fugu
  • fund
  • funding
  • fungi
  • fungo
G 3 words
  • goof
  • goofing
  • guff
I 1 word
  • info
O 1 word
  • offing
U 1 word
  • unfound

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 18, 2024 uses the seven letters D, F, G, I, N, O, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 129 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 90 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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