Spelling Bee August 16, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
186
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMPETED
- COMPETED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
186 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- code
- coded
- coed
- come
- comet
- commode
- comp
- comped
- compete
- competed
- competed
- compote
- cooed
- coop
- cooped
- coopt
- coopted
- coot
- cope
- coped
- copped
- cote
- deco
- decoct
- decocted
- decode
- decoded
- detect
- detected
- dotcom
- emcee
- emceed
- octet
- octopod
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 16, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, M, O, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 186 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.