Spelling Bee October 18, 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
59
Total points
270
Pangrams
2
Genius score
189
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLATBED
- FLATBED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
270 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affable
- alfalfa
- baffle
- baffled
- beef
- beefed
- befall
- befell
- daft
- deadfall
- deaf
- defat
- defatted
- defeat
- defeated
- deflate
- deflated
- deft
- delft
- effete
- fable
- fabled
- fade
- faded
- falafel
- fall
- fatal
- fate
- fated
- feat
- feeble
- feed
- feel
- feet
- fell
- fella
- fellate
- fellated
- felled
- felt
- feta
- fetal
- fete
- feted
- fettle
- flab
- flat
- flatbed
- flatbed
- flatfeet
- flea
- fled
- flee
- fleet
- leaf
- leafed
- leaflet
- left
- taffeta
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 18, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, D, E, F, L, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 270 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 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.