Spelling Bee Answers for Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023, Tuesday Spelling Bee Answers for the U, D, P, I, E, M, T honeycomb (center letter T) feature 66 words, a 302-point total, 1 Pangram (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 8-letter longest word: DEMITTED.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights
A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.
Difficulty
10/10
Very Hard95th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.33
Typical lengthAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
94/100
Very RareRarer than 94% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
73 minutes
Longer than usualTo reach Genius
2LL
18
Typical spreadUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
Yes
All 7 coveredAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
33
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 211 ptsVowel Split
43%
Balanced mix152 vowels · 200 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start15 PTS
- 15%Moving Up45 PTS
- 25%Good76 PTS
- 40%Solid121 PTS
- 50%Nice151 PTS
- 60%Great181 PTS
- 65%Amazing196 PTS
- 70%Genius211 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee302 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 66 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Tuesday, October 24, 2023. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.
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Complete Answers
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8-Letter Words 1 word
7-Letter Words 9 words
6-Letter Words 20 words
5-Letter Words 17 words
4-Letter Words 19 words
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Word Length Distribution
Share of 66 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage
Share of 66 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution
Share of 66 words starting with each letter.
How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 302 ranks in the 90th percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-10-23.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 66 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 96th percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-10-23.
- The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
- The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
- This puzzle ranks among the Very Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
- Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
- The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
- Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2023-10-23.
- The estimated solve time of 62–84 min is slower than typical puzzles.
- Players can expect a grind-heavy solving experience.
Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List
Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:
- deet
- dept
- dette
- dimit
- dimmet
- dimmit
- dipeptide
- dipt
- dite
- ditted
- dittied
- duit
- dutied
- emeute
- emmet
- emmett
- empt
- etui
- immit
- immitted
- immute
- impedite
- imput
- itemed
- metump
- meute
- mimetite
- mutuum
- peptid
- pete
- petti
- piet
- pipetted
- pitpit
- pittite
- pituite
- piute
- putid
- puttee
- putti
- puttie
- tedded
- teet
- teetee
- teiid
- tempe
- tepe
- tetum
- tipi
- tipiti
- tippee
- tite
- titi
- tittie
- tittup
- tittuped
- tittupped
- tump
- tumped
- tumtum
- tupi
- tupped
- tute
- uptie
- utum
*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.