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Spelling Bee October 22, 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: A

A
C
H
I
R
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

248

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

173

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HAIRCUT
  • HAIRCUT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

62 pts

25%

Great

99 pts

40%

Amazing

124 pts

50%

Genius

173 pts

70%

Queen Bee

248 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 14 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • arch
  • archaic
  • arctic
  • arhat
  • aria
  • arthritic
  • atria
  • attach
  • attar
  • attic
  • attract
  • aura
C 17 words
  • cacti
  • carat
  • cart
  • cataract
  • catarrh
  • catch
  • cathartic
  • chai
  • chair
  • char
  • chart
  • chat
  • chia
  • chica
  • chihuahua
  • chitchat
  • circa
H 8 words
  • hair
  • haircut
  • haircut
  • hart
  • hatch
  • hath
  • hatha
  • hurrah
R 2 words
  • raita
  • ratatat
T 12 words
  • tach
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tart
  • tartar
  • taut
  • that
  • thatch
  • tiara
  • tract
  • trait

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, R, T, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 248 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 173 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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