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Spelling Bee October 4, 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: P

A
E
H
N
O
P
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

43

accepted entries

Total points

160

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

112

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PAYPHONE
  • PAYPHONE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

24 pts

15%

Nice

40 pts

25%

Great

64 pts

40%

Amazing

80 pts

50%

Genius

112 pts

70%

Queen Bee

160 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • apnea
E 1 word
  • epee
H 9 words
  • happen
  • happy
  • heap
  • hoop
  • hope
  • hoppy
  • hype
  • hyphen
  • hypo
N 3 words
  • nape
  • neap
  • nope
O 1 word
  • open
P 27 words
  • paean
  • pane
  • papa
  • papaya
  • pappy
  • payee
  • payphone
  • payphone
  • peahen
  • peen
  • peep
  • penne
  • penny
  • peon
  • peony
  • peppy
  • phone
  • phono
  • phony
  • phooey
  • pone
  • pony
  • pooh
  • poop
  • pope
  • poppa
  • poppy
Y 1 word
  • yappy

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 4, 2024 uses the seven letters A, E, H, N, O, P, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 160 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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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