November 17, 2024, Sunday

Spelling Bee Answers for Sunday, November 17, 2024

Nov 17, 2024, Sunday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, B, E, I, L, N, P honeycomb (center letter N) feature 64 words, a 290-point total, 2 Pangrams (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 11-letter longest word: INALIENABLE.

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Spelling Bee hive for November 17, 2024 with center letter N and surrounding letters A,B,E,I,L and P

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Sunday, November 17, 2024 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

7/10

Hard

72nd percentile

Avg Word Length

5.39

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

61/100

Rare

Rarer than 61% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

62 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×11L2×9L4×8L5×7L12×6L5×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 203 pts

29 words1×11L2×9L4×8L5×7L8×6L9×5L

Vowel Split

48%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

165 vowels · 180 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start15 PTS
15%Moving Up44 PTS
25%Good73 PTS
40%Solid116 PTS
50%Nice145 PTS
60%Great174 PTS
65%Amazing189 PTS
70%Genius203 PTS
100%Queen Bee290 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 64 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Sunday, November 17, 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

30%

22%

16%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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2023-02-17(B)

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Word Length Distribution

23 words

17 words

12 words

5 words (Pangram)

4 words (Pangram)

2 words

1 word

11L

Share of 64 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

64 words

100%

46 words

72%

45 words

70%

39 words

61%

35 words

55%

27 words

42%

20 words

31%

Share of 64 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

23 pts

85 pts

72 pts

42 pts (Pangram)

39 pts (Pangram)

18 pts

11 pts

11L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1930%

1422%

1016%

813%

35%

23%

Share of 64 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 290 ranks in the 87th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2024-11-16.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 64 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 94th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2024-11-16.
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 2024-11-16.
The estimated solve time of 53–71 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*:

abelian
abilene
aeaean
aileen
alain
alan
alane
alani
alanin
alanine
albainn
alban
albania
albanian
albian
albin
albinal
alen
alepine
aleppine
aliene
alienee
aline
allan
allen
allene
alpeen
alpen
alpian
alpinia
anabaena
anan
anana
anapnea
anba
anele
anil
anile
anilin
aniline
anna
annabel
anne
annie
apennine
apiin
apneal
babine
bain
balan
balian
ballan
balneal
bana
banaba
banba
bani
bania
banian
bein
bena
benben
bene
beni
benin
benn
benne
benni
bien
biennale
bienne
bilaan
bilin
binal
bine
bini
binna
biplanal
blain
blaine
blan
eben
eileen
elaenia
elain
elaine
elapine
elean
elian
ellen
elne
enbibe
enplane
epinine
iban
ilian
illipene
inable
inappealable
inappellable
inia
inial
inline
inne
laban
laen
laine
lana
lapin
leban
lebban
leben
lena
lenaea
lenape
lene
lenin
liana
liane
lienable
lienal
lienee
lilian
lina
linable
linea
lineable
linin
linn
linnaean
linne
lipan
lipin
lippen
nabal
nabe
nabla
naib
nain
nale
nane
nannie
nanpie
napa
napaea
napaean
nappa
nappe
nappie
neal
nebalian
nebel
neele
neep
neil
nell
nellie
nepa
nepal
nepali
niall
nibbana
nielli
nile
nill
nina
nipa
paine
palinal
panela
pani
paninean
panna
panne
pannel
panpipe
papain
pean
pein
peine
pelean
pellian
peneplain
peneplane
penial
penible
penna
pennae
penni
pennia
pennill
pennine
peppin
pian
pilin
pina
pinal
pineal
pinene
pinna
pinnae
pinnal
pippen
planable
plebian
plinian

*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.