Spelling Bee August 11, 2022 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
204
Pangrams
4
Genius score
142
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CAPTIVATE
- CAPTIVATE
- CAPTIVE
- CAPTIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
81 pts
40%
Amazing
102 pts
50%
Genius
142 pts
70%
Queen Bee
204 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accept
- apace
- apiece
- appetite
- appetitive
- cape
- captivate
- captivate
- captive
- captive
- epee
- epic
- ipecac
- pace
- pact
- papa
- pate
- pave
- peace
- peat
- peep
- peeve
- pepita
- peptic
- petit
- petite
- pica
- piccata
- piece
- pipe
- pipet
- pipette
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- tapa
- tape
- teepee
- tepee
- tippet
- vape
- veep
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 11, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, P, T, V, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 204 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.