Spelling Bee October 20, 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: V
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
316
Pangrams
2
Genius score
221
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VINDICTIVE
- VINDICTIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
126 pts
40%
Amazing
158 pts
50%
Genius
221 pts
70%
Queen Bee
316 pts
100%
All accepted words
- civet
- civic
- deceive
- deceived
- detective
- devein
- deveined
- device
- dive
- dived
- divide
- divided
- dividend
- divine
- divined
- divvied
- endive
- envied
- even
- evened
- event
- evict
- evicted
- evictee
- evidence
- evidenced
- evident
- evince
- evinced
- incentive
- invective
- invent
- invented
- inventive
- invite
- invited
- invitee
- ivied
- vein
- veined
- vend
- vended
- vent
- vented
- vetted
- vice
- vied
- vindictive
- vindictive
- vine
- vivid
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 20, 2024 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, N, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 316 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 221 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.