Spelling Bee October 13, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
202
Pangrams
2
Genius score
141
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FRICTION
- FRICTION
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
101 pts
50%
Genius
141 pts
70%
Queen Bee
202 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cirri
- citric
- citron
- coir
- confront
- contort
- contortion
- contrition
- corn
- critic
- croc
- croci
- croon
- fort
- friction
- friction
- front
- intro
- iron
- ironic
- nitric
- nitro
- noir
- nori
- ricin
- riff
- rift
- riot
- rococo
- roof
- root
- roti
- rotini
- rotor
- tori
- toric
- torii
- torn
- toro
- tort
- tortoni
- tricorn
- tricot
- trio
- triton
- trot
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 13, 2022 uses the seven letters C, F, I, N, O, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 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.