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Spelling Bee October 5, 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

A
C
F
I
L
O
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

208

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

145

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OFFICIALLY
  • OFFICIALLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

52 pts

25%

Great

83 pts

40%

Amazing

104 pts

50%

Genius

145 pts

70%

Queen Bee

208 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • aioli
  • alloy
  • aloof
  • aloofly
C 17 words
  • cacao
  • calico
  • callaloo
  • ciao
  • cloaca
  • cloy
  • coal
  • coca
  • cocci
  • cocoa
  • coif
  • coil
  • cola
  • colic
  • cool
  • coolly
  • coyly
F 10 words
  • falloff
  • foal
  • focaccia
  • focal
  • foci
  • foil
  • folic
  • folio
  • folly
  • fool
L 10 words
  • layoff
  • loaf
  • local
  • locally
  • loci
  • loco
  • loll
  • loofa
  • loyal
  • loyally
O 6 words
  • offal
  • official
  • officially
  • officially
  • oily
  • olio

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 5, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, O, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 208 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 145 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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