Spelling Bee October 1, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
229
Pangrams
2
Genius score
160
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DEFINITIVE
- DEFINITIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
57 pts
25%
Great
91 pts
40%
Amazing
114 pts
50%
Genius
160 pts
70%
Queen Bee
229 pts
100%
All accepted words
- defend
- defended
- defied
- define
- defined
- definite
- definitive
- definitive
- deft
- deified
- diffident
- edified
- effete
- feed
- feet
- feint
- feinted
- fend
- fended
- fete
- feted
- fetid
- fief
- fiend
- fife
- fifed
- fifteen
- find
- fine
- fined
- finite
- finned
- fitted
- five
- identified
- indefinite
- infinite
- infinitive
- tiff
- vivified
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 1, 2022 uses the seven letters D, E, F, I, N, T, V, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 229 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 160 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.