Spelling Bee September 20, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
249
Pangrams
2
Genius score
174
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FRICTION
- FRICTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
99 pts
40%
Amazing
124 pts
50%
Genius
174 pts
70%
Queen Bee
249 pts
100%
All accepted words
- citron
- cocoon
- coffin
- coin
- concoct
- concoction
- confit
- confront
- conic
- contort
- contortion
- contrition
- corn
- cotton
- croon
- fiction
- finito
- font
- friction
- friction
- front
- icon
- iconic
- info
- into
- intro
- ionic
- iron
- ironic
- nitric
- nitro
- noir
- nonfiction
- noon
- nori
- notion
- onion
- onto
- ricin
- rotini
- tinct
- tint
- tonic
- toon
- torn
- tortoni
- tricorn
- triton
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 20, 2024 uses the seven letters C, F, I, N, O, R, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 249 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 174 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.