Spelling Bee October 14, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
353
Pangrams
4
Genius score
247
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INAUGURAL
- INAUGURAL
- ALLURING
- ALLURING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
28 pts
8%
Solid
52 pts
15%
Nice
88 pts
25%
Great
141 pts
40%
Amazing
176 pts
50%
Genius
247 pts
70%
Queen Bee
353 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alluring
- alluring
- angular
- annual
- annul
- annular
- annuli
- annulling
- arguing
- arugula
- augur
- auguring
- aura
- aural
- gauging
- glug
- glugging
- gluing
- granular
- guar
- gulag
- gull
- gulling
- gunning
- gurgling
- guru
- iguana
- inaugural
- inaugural
- inuring
- inurn
- inurning
- linguini
- luau
- lugging
- luging
- lull
- lulling
- lulu
- luna
- lunar
- lung
- lunging
- lunula
- luring
- null
- ruin
- ruing
- ruining
- ruling
- rung
- running
- rural
- ulna
- ulnar
- unilingual
- unrig
- unrigging
- urging
- urinal
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 14, 2022 uses the seven letters A, G, I, L, N, R, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 353 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 247 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.