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Spelling Bee September 16, 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: L

C
E
F
H
I
L
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

155

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

108

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHIEFLY
  • CHIEFLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

38 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

77 pts

50%

Genius

108 pts

70%

Queen Bee

155 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 15 words
  • cell
  • celli
  • chicle
  • chicly
  • chiefly
  • chiefly
  • chili
  • chill
  • chilly
  • cicely
  • clef
  • cliche
  • cliff
  • cycle
  • cyclic
E 1 word
  • eely
F 9 words
  • feel
  • fell
  • filch
  • file
  • fill
  • filly
  • flee
  • fleece
  • fleecy
H 4 words
  • heel
  • hell
  • hill
  • hilly
I 3 words
  • icicle
  • icily
  • illy
L 6 words
  • lech
  • leech
  • lice
  • life
  • lily
  • lychee
Y 1 word
  • yell

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 16, 2024 uses the seven letters C, E, F, H, I, L, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 155 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 108 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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