Spelling Bee August 14, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
323
Pangrams
4
Genius score
226
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PARADING
- PARADING
- DRAPING
- DRAPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
48 pts
15%
Nice
80 pts
25%
Great
129 pts
40%
Amazing
161 pts
50%
Genius
226 pts
70%
Queen Bee
323 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adding
- aiding
- arid
- dang
- dapping
- daring
- darn
- darning
- digging
- dinar
- ding
- dinging
- dining
- dipping
- drag
- dragging
- drain
- draining
- draping
- draping
- drip
- dripping
- gadding
- gird
- girding
- grad
- grading
- grand
- grandad
- granddad
- grandpa
- grandpapa
- grid
- grind
- grinding
- nada
- nadir
- naiad
- padding
- paid
- panda
- parading
- parading
- pidgin
- priding
- radar
- radian
- radii
- raid
- raiding
- rand
- rapid
- ridding
- ridging
- riding
- rigid
- rind
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 14, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, G, I, N, P, R, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 323 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 226 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.