Thursday · 31 words

Spelling Bee September 5, 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: R

A
F
G
H
R
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

30

accepted entries

Total points

105

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

73

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FRAUGHT
  • FRAUGHT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

26 pts

25%

Great

42 pts

40%

Amazing

52 pts

50%

Genius

73 pts

70%

Queen Bee

105 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • aargh
  • afar
  • agar
  • arhat
  • attar
  • augur
  • aura
F 6 words
  • fart
  • frag
  • frat
  • fraught
  • fraught
  • frug
G 4 words
  • graft
  • gruff
  • guar
  • guru
H 3 words
  • hart
  • hurrah
  • hurt
R 6 words
  • raft
  • raga
  • ragtag
  • ragu
  • ratatat
  • ruff
T 4 words
  • tart
  • tartar
  • truth
  • turf

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 5, 2024 uses the seven letters A, F, G, H, R, T, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 105 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 73 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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