Spelling Bee October 3, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
277
Pangrams
4
Genius score
193
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DICTATOR
- DICTATOR
- CAROTID
- CAROTID
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
138 pts
50%
Genius
193 pts
70%
Queen Bee
277 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accord
- acid
- acidic
- acrid
- addict
- adroit
- arcadia
- ardor
- arid
- card
- cardiac
- cardio
- cardioid
- carotid
- carotid
- cicada
- coda
- cord
- corrida
- corridor
- dart
- data
- diacritic
- dicta
- dictator
- dictator
- didact
- didactic
- dirt
- ditto
- doctor
- dodo
- doodad
- door
- dorado
- dotard
- drat
- droid
- idiot
- idiotic
- octad
- odor
- radar
- radiator
- radii
- radio
- raid
- road
- rood
- toad
- toroid
- torrid
- triad
- trod
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 3, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, O, R, T, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 277 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.