Spelling Bee October 7, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
188
Pangrams
2
Genius score
131
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHICKADEE
- CHICKADEE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
75 pts
40%
Amazing
94 pts
50%
Genius
131 pts
70%
Queen Bee
188 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- ache
- ached
- acid
- acidic
- added
- ahead
- aide
- aided
- cache
- cached
- caddie
- caddied
- cake
- caked
- chad
- chai
- chia
- chica
- chickadee
- chickadee
- cicada
- dace
- dacha
- dead
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- decade
- each
- hack
- hacked
- haka
- hake
- head
- headache
- headed
- idea
- khaki
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 7, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, I, K, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 188 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 131 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.