Spelling Bee August 13, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
201
Pangrams
2
Genius score
140
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MAYPOLE
- MAYPOLE
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
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
201 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alloy
- aloe
- ammo
- elope
- employ
- employee
- laypeople
- loam
- loamy
- loll
- lollop
- loom
- loop
- loopy
- lope
- loyal
- loyally
- mayo
- maypole
- maypole
- memo
- mole
- moll
- molly
- momma
- mommy
- moola
- mope
- mopey
- myeloma
- myope
- oleo
- opal
- paleo
- payola
- people
- plop
- ploy
- poem
- pole
- poll
- polo
- polyp
- pome
- pomelo
- pommel
- pomp
- pompom
- pool
- poop
- pope
- poppa
- poppy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 13, 2022 uses the seven letters A, E, L, M, O, P, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 201 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.