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Spelling Bee Answers for June 3, 2024

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

Words31
Pangrams1
Points possible121
Center letterT
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published June 3, 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.

UN
HTO
GD

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
10 pts
Good
19 pts
Solid
31 pts
Nice
49 pts
Great
61 pts
Amazing
85 pts
Genius
103 pts
Queen Bee
121 pts
Total words
31
Pangrams
1
Possible points
121

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 1 pangram
doughnut +15 pts

The full word list

All 31 valid Spelling Bee solutions for June 3, 2024, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters15 words
dothgothgouthoothuntontothouthudthugtongtoontoottouttutuunto
5 letters7 words
donutoughtoutdooutgothongtoothtough
6 letters5 words
dugouthotdognoughtoutgunthough
7 letters1 word
thought
8 letters1 word
doughnut
9 letters1 word
unthought
10 letters1 word
outthought

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.

doughnut +15outthought +10unthought +9thought +7dugout +6

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for June 3, 2024 has 31 valid words for a total of 121 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 103 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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