Spelling Bee September 10, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
156
Pangrams
2
Genius score
109
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HELIPAD
- HELIPAD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
62 pts
40%
Amazing
78 pts
50%
Genius
109 pts
70%
Queen Bee
156 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ahead
- aleph
- alpha
- aphid
- dahlia
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- hail
- hailed
- halal
- hale
- hall
- head
- headed
- heal
- healed
- heap
- heaped
- heed
- heeded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- helipad
- helipad
- hell
- help
- helped
- hide
- hied
- hill
- hilled
- hippie
- phalli
- phial
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 10, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, I, L, P, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 156 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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.