Spelling Bee October 20, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
148
Pangrams
2
Genius score
103
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- APPLEJACK
- APPLEJACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
59 pts
40%
Amazing
74 pts
50%
Genius
103 pts
70%
Queen Bee
148 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alack
- allele
- alpaca
- appall
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- applejack
- applejack
- cackle
- call
- calla
- cell
- clack
- clap
- jackal
- jell
- kale
- keel
- kelp
- lace
- lack
- lake
- lapel
- leak
- leap
- leek
- paella
- palace
- palapa
- pale
- pall
- palp
- papal
- peal
- peel
- place
- plea
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 20, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, J, K, L, P, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 148 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 103 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.