Spelling Bee October 12, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
203
Pangrams
2
Genius score
142
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHALKED
- CHALKED
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
81 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
142 pts
70%
Queen Bee
203 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- ached
- ahead
- cache
- cached
- chad
- chalk
- chalked
- chalked
- challah
- check
- checked
- cheek
- dacha
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- each
- hack
- hacked
- hackle
- haka
- hake
- halal
- hale
- hall
- head
- headache
- headed
- heal
- healed
- heck
- heckle
- heckled
- heed
- heeded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- leach
- leached
- lech
- leech
- leeched
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 12, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, K, L, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 203 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 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.