Spelling Bee October 17, 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
40
Total points
196
Pangrams
2
Genius score
137
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TOUCHED
- TOUCHED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
49 pts
25%
Great
78 pts
40%
Amazing
98 pts
50%
Genius
137 pts
70%
Queen Bee
196 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chute
- couch
- couched
- couth
- cued
- cute
- cutout
- deduce
- deduced
- deduct
- deducted
- deuce
- douche
- douched
- duct
- ducted
- dude
- duded
- duet
- duetted
- educe
- educed
- etude
- hued
- hutch
- ouch
- outdo
- outed
- thou
- thud
- thudded
- touch
- touche
- touched
- touched
- tout
- touted
- tutee
- tutted
- tutu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 17, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, O, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 196 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 137 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.