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Spelling Bee August 8, 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: Y

A
F
G
I
R
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

111

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

77

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • GRATIFY
  • GRATIFY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

27 pts

25%

Great

44 pts

40%

Amazing

55 pts

50%

Genius

77 pts

70%

Queen Bee

111 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • affray
  • airy
  • array
  • arty
F 6 words
  • fairy
  • fatty
  • fifty
  • fratty
  • fray
  • friary
G 4 words
  • gratify
  • gratify
  • gray
  • gritty
I 2 words
  • iffy
  • itty
R 3 words
  • rarity
  • ratify
  • ratty
T 4 words
  • taffy
  • tarry
  • tatty
  • tray

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 8, 2022 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, R, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 111 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 77 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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