Spelling Bee August 22, 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
37
Total points
240
Pangrams
6
Genius score
168
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AFFIRMING
- AFFIRMING
- FRAMING
- FRAMING
- FARMING
- FARMING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
120 pts
50%
Genius
168 pts
70%
Queen Bee
240 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- affair
- affirm
- affirming
- affirming
- fair
- fang
- fanning
- farina
- faring
- farm
- farming
- farming
- fifing
- fining
- firing
- firm
- firming
- frag
- fragging
- framing
- framing
- friar
- fringing
- gaff
- griffin
- infirm
- infirming
- infringing
- mafia
- miff
- miffing
- naif
- raffia
- riff
- riffing
- riffraff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 22, 2022 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, M, N, R, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 240 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.