Spelling Bee August 29, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
201
Pangrams
4
Genius score
140
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TURNAROUND
- TURNAROUND
- ROTUNDA
- ROTUNDA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
201 pts
100%
All accepted words
- around
- aunt
- aura
- aurora
- auto
- daunt
- donut
- dour
- dunno
- noun
- orotund
- outdo
- outdoor
- outran
- outro
- outrun
- rotund
- rotunda
- rotunda
- round
- rout
- runaround
- runout
- runt
- taunt
- taut
- tour
- tout
- trout
- truant
- tuna
- tundra
- turn
- turnaround
- turnaround
- turnout
- tutor
- tutu
- udon
- undo
- unto
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 29, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, N, O, R, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 201 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.