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
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
174
Pangrams
2
Genius score
121
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LUNCHEON
- LUNCHEON
Rank thresholds
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
- cell
- cello
- cellule
- clench
- cloche
- clone
- clue
- colleen
- colonel
- cone
- coulee
- echelon
- echo
- eunuch
- heel
- hell
- hellhole
- hello
- hence
- hole
- hone
- lech
- leech
- lone
- louche
- luncheon
- luncheon
- lune
- nene
- neocon
- neon
- noel
- nonce
- none
- nucleon
- oleo
- once
- ounce
- 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.