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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

A
C
I
L
M
O
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

234

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

163

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • COMICALLY
  • COMICALLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acclaim
  • acyclic
C 36 words
  • 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
I 2 words
  • icily
  • iliac
L 8 words
  • lacy
  • laic
  • laical
  • lilac
  • local
  • locally
  • loci
  • loco
M 3 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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