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Spelling Bee October 3, 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: O

D
G
I
N
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

60

accepted entries

Total points

314

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

219

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • GROUNDING
  • GROUNDING
  • ROUNDING
  • ROUNDING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

25 pts

8%

Solid

47 pts

15%

Nice

78 pts

25%

Great

125 pts

40%

Amazing

157 pts

50%

Genius

219 pts

70%

Queen Bee

314 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 16 words
  • dingo
  • dino
  • dodging
  • dodo
  • dogging
  • doggo
  • doing
  • dong
  • donning
  • donor
  • door
  • dour
  • droid
  • droning
  • dugong
  • dunno
G 16 words
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • good
  • goon
  • gorging
  • gorgon
  • goring
  • gouging
  • gourd
  • gridiron
  • grog
  • groin
  • ground
  • grounding
  • grounding
I 5 words
  • ignoring
  • indigo
  • indoor
  • iron
  • ironing
N 7 words
  • nodding
  • noggin
  • noir
  • nonunion
  • noon
  • nori
  • noun
O 4 words
  • odor
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • origin
R 7 words
  • rigor
  • rondo
  • rood
  • rouging
  • round
  • rounding
  • rounding
U 5 words
  • udon
  • undo
  • undoing
  • unground
  • union

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 3, 2024 uses the seven letters D, G, I, N, O, R, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 314 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 219 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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