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Spelling Bee August 27, 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: E

E
G
I
L
M
T
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

37

accepted entries

Total points

143

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

100

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LEGITIMIZE
  • LEGITIMIZE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

57 pts

40%

Amazing

71 pts

50%

Genius

100 pts

70%

Queen Bee

143 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 3 words
  • elegize
  • elite
  • emit
G 7 words
  • geez
  • gelee
  • gelt
  • giggle
  • gimlet
  • gimme
  • glee
I 2 words
  • item
  • itemize
L 7 words
  • legit
  • legitimize
  • legitimize
  • liege
  • lime
  • lite
  • little
M 12 words
  • meet
  • melee
  • melt
  • meme
  • mete
  • mettle
  • meze
  • mezze
  • mile
  • millet
  • mime
  • mite
T 6 words
  • teem
  • tell
  • tile
  • time
  • title
  • tittle

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 27, 2022 uses the seven letters E, G, I, L, M, T, Z, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 143 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 100 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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