Spelling Bee August 5, 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
48
Total points
248
Pangrams
2
Genius score
173
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ITALICIZE
- ITALICIZE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
99 pts
40%
Amazing
124 pts
50%
Genius
173 pts
70%
Queen Bee
248 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acetal
- acetate
- acetic
- allele
- azalea
- calcite
- cattle
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- cite
- cleat
- eclat
- eclectic
- elate
- elect
- electee
- elicit
- elite
- icicle
- italicize
- italicize
- lace
- lactate
- lacteal
- laicize
- late
- latte
- lattice
- laze
- lice
- lite
- little
- tacet
- tactile
- tale
- tattle
- tattletale
- teal
- teat
- tell
- telltale
- tile
- titillate
- title
- tittle
- zeal
- zeta
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 5, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, L, T, Z, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 248 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 173 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.