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Spelling Bee August 25, 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: O

C
E
F
L
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

159

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

111

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONFLUENCE
  • CONFLUENCE
  • FLOUNCE
  • FLOUNCE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

63 pts

40%

Amazing

79 pts

50%

Genius

111 pts

70%

Queen Bee

159 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 12 words
  • cello
  • clone
  • cocoon
  • coffee
  • colleen
  • colon
  • colonel
  • cone
  • confluence
  • confluence
  • cool
  • coulee
F 6 words
  • felon
  • floe
  • flounce
  • flounce
  • fool
  • foul
L 4 words
  • loco
  • loll
  • lone
  • loon
N 8 words
  • neocon
  • neon
  • noel
  • nonce
  • none
  • noon
  • noun
  • nucleon
O 3 words
  • oleo
  • once
  • ounce
U 1 word
  • uncool

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 25, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, F, L, N, O, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 159 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 111 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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