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Spelling Bee October 19, 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: E

C
E
H
L
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

174

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

121

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LUNCHEON
  • LUNCHEON

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

26 pts

15%

Nice

43 pts

25%

Great

69 pts

40%

Amazing

87 pts

50%

Genius

121 pts

70%

Queen Bee

174 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 11 words
  • cell
  • cello
  • cellule
  • clench
  • cloche
  • clone
  • clue
  • colleen
  • colonel
  • cone
  • coulee
E 3 words
  • echelon
  • echo
  • eunuch
H 7 words
  • heel
  • hell
  • hellhole
  • hello
  • hence
  • hole
  • hone
L 7 words
  • lech
  • leech
  • lone
  • louche
  • luncheon
  • luncheon
  • lune
N 7 words
  • nene
  • neocon
  • neon
  • noel
  • nonce
  • none
  • nucleon
O 3 words
  • oleo
  • once
  • ounce
U 2 words
  • uncle
  • unclench

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 19, 2024 uses the seven letters C, E, H, L, N, O, U, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 174 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 121 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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