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Spelling Bee August 17, 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: H

D
E
H
N
O
W
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

113

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

79

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HONEYDEW
  • HONEYDEW

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

28 pts

25%

Great

45 pts

40%

Amazing

56 pts

50%

Genius

79 pts

70%

Queen Bee

113 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
H 17 words
  • heed
  • heeded
  • hewed
  • hewn
  • hoed
  • hoedown
  • hone
  • honed
  • honey
  • honeydew
  • honeydew
  • honeyed
  • hood
  • hooded
  • hoodoo
  • hooey
  • howdy
N 1 word
  • nohow
W 5 words
  • whee
  • when
  • whew
  • whey
  • woohoo
Y 1 word
  • yoohoo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 17, 2022 uses the seven letters D, E, H, N, O, W, Y, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 113 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 79 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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