Spelling Bee August 21, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
140
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EMPATHY
- EMPATHY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
140 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apathy
- attempt
- empath
- empathy
- empathy
- empty
- epee
- happy
- heap
- hemp
- hype
- pampa
- papa
- papaya
- pappy
- pate
- path
- patty
- payee
- peat
- peaty
- peep
- peppy
- petty
- phat
- tamp
- tapa
- tape
- teepee
- temp
- tempeh
- tempt
- tepee
- type
- yappy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 21, 2022 uses the seven letters A, E, H, M, P, T, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 140 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.