Spelling Bee September 12, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
167
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MOTHBALL
- MOTHBALL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
167 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- abloom
- baba
- baht
- ball
- ballot
- balm
- bamboo
- baobab
- bath
- bathmat
- blab
- blah
- blam
- blat
- bloat
- blob
- bloom
- blot
- blotto
- boat
- boba
- boho
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- bomb
- boob
- booboo
- boohoo
- boom
- boot
- booth
- both
- bottom
- haboob
- hobo
- lamb
- lobo
- mamba
- mambo
- mothball
- mothball
- tabla
- taboo
- tollbooth
- tomb
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 12, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, H, L, M, O, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 167 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.