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Spelling Bee Answers for August 10, 2024

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words56
Pangrams3
Points possible272
Center letterE
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published August 10, 2024·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

NI
TEH
CK

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
22 pts
Good
41 pts
Solid
68 pts
Nice
109 pts
Great
136 pts
Amazing
191 pts
Genius
232 pts
Queen Bee
272 pts
Total words
56
Pangrams
3
Possible points
272

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 3 pangrams
kitchenette +18 ptsthicken +14 ptskitchen +14 pts

The full word list

All 56 valid Spelling Bee solutions for August 10, 2024, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters19 words
centciteetchheckhikekeenkitekneeneckneneniceninenitetechteententtheethentine
5 letters14 words
checkcheekethichenceinniekenteketchnichenieceteethtenettenththinetithe
6 letters11 words
enticeethnichecticheinieinciteintentkittentechieteethethenceticket
7 letters7 words
chickenententekinetickitchennecktiethickenthicket
8 letters1 word
nineteen
9 letters2 words
hitchhikeninetieth
10 letters1 word
nineteenth
11 letters1 word
kitchenette

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

kitchenette +18kitchen +14thicken +14nineteenth +10hitchhike +9

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for August 10, 2024 has 56 valid words for a total of 272 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 232 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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