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Spelling Bee September 22, 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: Y

A
D
E
I
L
Y
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

229

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

160

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DIALYZED
  • DIALYZED
  • DIALYZE
  • DIALYZE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

57 pts

25%

Great

91 pts

40%

Amazing

114 pts

50%

Genius

160 pts

70%

Queen Bee

229 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • allay
  • allayed
  • alley
  • ally
D 21 words
  • daddy
  • daily
  • dally
  • daylily
  • dazedly
  • deadeye
  • deadly
  • delay
  • delayed
  • dialyze
  • dialyze
  • dialyzed
  • dialyzed
  • diddly
  • dilly
  • dillydallied
  • dillydally
  • dizzily
  • dizzy
  • dyad
  • dyed
E 4 words
  • eddy
  • eely
  • eyed
  • eyelid
I 5 words
  • ideally
  • idly
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • illy
L 4 words
  • lady
  • lazily
  • lazy
  • lily
Y 4 words
  • yell
  • yelled
  • yield
  • yielded

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 22, 2024 uses the seven letters A, D, E, I, L, Y, Z, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 229 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 160 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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