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
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
143
Pangrams
2
Genius score
100
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LEGITIMIZE
- LEGITIMIZE
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
57 pts
40%
Amazing
71 pts
50%
Genius
100 pts
70%
Queen Bee
143 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elegize
- elite
- emit
- geez
- gelee
- gelt
- giggle
- gimlet
- gimme
- glee
- item
- itemize
- legit
- legitimize
- legitimize
- liege
- lime
- lite
- little
- meet
- melee
- melt
- meme
- mete
- mettle
- meze
- mezze
- mile
- millet
- mime
- mite
- 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.