Spelling Bee October 4, 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
40
Total points
234
Pangrams
2
Genius score
163
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MOOCHING
- MOOCHING
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
- chic
- chichi
- chignon
- chiming
- chin
- chinning
- chino
- cinch
- cinching
- cocci
- cocoon
- cocooning
- coho
- coin
- coining
- comic
- coming
- common
- conch
- conic
- conning
- cooing
- gnocchi
- honcho
- hooch
- icing
- icon
- iconic
- inch
- inching
- incoming
- ionic
- mimic
- mincing
- mochi
- mooch
- mooching
- mooching
- noncom
- oncoming
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 4, 2022 uses the seven letters C, G, H, I, M, N, O, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 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.