Spelling Bee August 18, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
181
Pangrams
2
Genius score
126
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OFFICIALLY
- OFFICIALLY
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
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
181 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- aloof
- aloofly
- calcify
- calf
- cliff
- coif
- facial
- facially
- fail
- fall
- fallacy
- falloff
- filial
- filially
- fill
- filly
- flail
- flay
- foal
- focaccia
- focal
- foci
- foil
- folic
- folio
- folly
- fool
- iffy
- layoff
- loaf
- loofa
- offal
- official
- officially
- officially
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 18, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, O, Y, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 181 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 126 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.