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Spelling Bee October 23, 2022 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: P

A
F
I
L
N
P
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

125

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

87

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PAINFUL
  • PAINFUL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

31 pts

25%

Great

50 pts

40%

Amazing

62 pts

50%

Genius

87 pts

70%

Queen Bee

125 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • apian
  • appall
F 3 words
  • fillip
  • flap
  • flip
P 25 words
  • pail
  • pain
  • painful
  • painful
  • palapa
  • pall
  • palp
  • panini
  • papa
  • papal
  • papilla
  • pilaf
  • pill
  • pinup
  • pippin
  • plain
  • plan
  • puff
  • puffin
  • puli
  • pull
  • pulp
  • pupa
  • pupal
  • pupil
U 1 word
  • unpin

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 23, 2022 uses the seven letters A, F, I, L, N, P, U, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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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