August 23, 2024, Friday

Spelling Bee Answers for Friday, August 23, 2024

Aug 23, 2024, Friday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, P, L, E, O, T, B honeycomb (center letter B) feature 69 words, a 279-point total, 2 Pangrams (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: APPEALABLE.

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Spelling Bee hive for August 23, 2024 with center letter B and surrounding letters A,P,L,E,O and T

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Friday, August 23, 2024 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

8/10

Hard

84th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.14

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

81/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 81% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

66 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Missing: E

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×10L1×9L4×8L1×7L17×6L5×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 195 pts

29 words1×10L1×9L4×8L1×7L13×6L9×5L

Vowel Split

43%

Balanced mix

153 vowels · 202 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start14 PTS
15%Moving Up42 PTS
25%Good70 PTS
40%Solid112 PTS
50%Nice140 PTS
60%Great167 PTS
65%Amazing181 PTS
70%Genius195 PTS
100%Queen Bee279 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 69 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Friday, August 23, 2024. 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.

Common openings

67%

10%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

30 words

15 words

17 words

1 word (Pangram)

4 words (Pangram)

1 word

10L

Share of 69 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

69 words

100%

48 words

70%

44 words

64%

40 words

58%

35 words

51%

30 words

43%

14 words

20%

Share of 69 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

30 pts

75 pts

102 pts

102

14 pts (Pangram)

39 pts (Pangram)

9 pts

10 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

4667%

710%

69%

57%

34%

23%

Share of 69 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 279 ranks in the 84th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2024-08-22.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 69 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 98th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2024-08-22.
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 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 2024-08-21.
The estimated solve time of 56–76 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

abatable
abba
abbate
abbe
abbott
abel
abele
abettal
ablet
abolla
abollae
alba
albata
albe
albee
allottable
appellable
atabal
attabal
baal
babelet
bable
baboo
babool
bael
bala
balao
balata
balboa
balete
ballo
ballottable
balolo
balt
bapt
batable
batata
batea
batetela
batlet
batt
batta
battable
battel
beal
beatee
beblot
beeball
beebee
bela
belap
beleap
beleapt
bella
bellabella
bello
belotte
bepat
bepelt
bete
beteela
betell
betta
blate
blea
bleb
blee
blet
blote
boatable
bobet
bobo
bobol
bobotee
bole
bolete
boltel
bool
bootable
bootle
bopeep
bote
botel
botete
bott
eatable
ebbet
eboe
eelboat
labba
labelable
labella
labellate
lablab
leapable
lettable
lobal
lobata
lobate
lobelet
lobola
lobolo
loob
lootable
oblata
obol
obole
optable
paba
pabble
pablo
papable
papabot
papabote
papboat
patball
pattable
peba
pettable
polab
pollable
poppable
tabella
taboot
talbot
tappable
tatbeb
tebbet
tebet
tellable
toba
tobe
tollable
totable
totoaba

*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.