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Spelling Bee September 19, 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: E

B
E
G
I
L
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

55

accepted entries

Total points

321

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

224

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ILLEGIBILITY
  • ILLEGIBILITY
  • ELIGIBILITY
  • ELIGIBILITY
  • LEGIBILITY
  • LEGIBILITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

25 pts

8%

Solid

48 pts

15%

Nice

80 pts

25%

Great

128 pts

40%

Amazing

160 pts

50%

Genius

224 pts

70%

Queen Bee

321 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 19 words
  • beet
  • beetle
  • beget
  • beige
  • belie
  • belittle
  • bell
  • belle
  • belly
  • belt
  • betel
  • bible
  • bigeye
  • biggie
  • bile
  • bilge
  • billet
  • bite
  • byte
E 9 words
  • eely
  • eggy
  • elegy
  • eligibility
  • eligibility
  • eligible
  • eligibly
  • elite
  • eyelet
G 6 words
  • gelee
  • gelt
  • gibe
  • giblet
  • giggle
  • glee
I 4 words
  • illegibility
  • illegibility
  • illegible
  • illegibly
L 11 words
  • leggy
  • legibility
  • legibility
  • legible
  • legibly
  • legit
  • libel
  • libelee
  • liege
  • lite
  • little
T 4 words
  • tell
  • tile
  • title
  • tittle
Y 2 words
  • yell
  • yeti

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 19, 2024 uses the seven letters B, E, G, I, L, T, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 321 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 224 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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