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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

A
C
D
I
O
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

277

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

193

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DICTATOR
  • DICTATOR
  • CAROTID
  • CAROTID

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • accord
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acrid
  • addict
  • adroit
  • arcadia
  • ardor
  • arid
C 11 words
  • card
  • cardiac
  • cardio
  • cardioid
  • carotid
  • carotid
  • cicada
  • coda
  • cord
  • corrida
  • corridor
D 18 words
  • dart
  • data
  • diacritic
  • dicta
  • dictator
  • dictator
  • didact
  • didactic
  • dirt
  • ditto
  • doctor
  • dodo
  • doodad
  • door
  • dorado
  • dotard
  • drat
  • droid
I 2 words
  • idiot
  • idiotic
O 2 words
  • octad
  • odor
R 7 words
  • radar
  • radiator
  • radii
  • radio
  • raid
  • road
  • rood
T 5 words
  • 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.

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

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