Spelling Bee August 26, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
240
Pangrams
2
Genius score
168
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ADJACENCY
- ADJACENCY
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
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- added
- addend
- addenda
- adjacency
- adjacency
- caddy
- cadence
- candy
- caned
- canned
- cede
- ceded
- dace
- daddy
- dance
- danced
- dandy
- dead
- deaden
- deadened
- deadeye
- dean
- decade
- decadence
- decay
- decayed
- decency
- deed
- deeded
- deejay
- deejayed
- deny
- dyad
- dyed
- dyne
- eddy
- ended
- ennead
- eyed
- jade
- jaded
- nada
- need
- needed
- needy
- yenned
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 26, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, J, N, Y, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 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 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.