Spelling Bee September 1, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
108
Pangrams
2
Genius score
75
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PRODIGY
- PRODIGY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
27 pts
25%
Great
43 pts
40%
Amazing
54 pts
50%
Genius
75 pts
70%
Queen Bee
108 pts
100%
All accepted words
- door
- dory
- drip
- drippy
- droid
- droop
- droopy
- drop
- gird
- gorp
- gory
- grid
- grip
- grippy
- grody
- grog
- groggy
- gyro
- odor
- orgy
- poor
- prig
- prior
- priory
- prod
- prodigy
- prodigy
- prop
- pyro
- rigid
- rigor
- rood
- ropy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 1, 2022 uses the seven letters D, G, I, O, P, R, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 108 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 75 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.