Spelling Bee October 22, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
234
Pangrams
2
Genius score
163
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMICALLY
- COMICALLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
93 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
163 pts
70%
Queen Bee
234 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acclaim
- acyclic
- cacao
- calico
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- calm
- calmly
- cami
- camo
- ciao
- cilia
- claim
- clam
- clammy
- clay
- cloaca
- cloy
- coal
- coca
- cocci
- cocoa
- coil
- cola
- colic
- coma
- comic
- comical
- comically
- comically
- comma
- cool
- coolly
- coyly
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
- icily
- iliac
- lacy
- laic
- laical
- lilac
- local
- locally
- loci
- loco
- malic
- mica
- mimic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 22, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, M, O, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 234 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 163 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.