Spelling Bee September 12, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
221
Pangrams
2
Genius score
154
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCITING
- EXCITING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
110 pts
50%
Genius
154 pts
70%
Queen Bee
221 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cent
- cite
- citing
- entente
- entice
- enticing
- excite
- exciting
- exciting
- exigent
- exit
- exiting
- extent
- extinct
- genetic
- gent
- getting
- ignite
- igniting
- incite
- inciting
- intent
- netting
- next
- nineteen
- nite
- teeing
- teen
- tenet
- tent
- tenting
- text
- texting
- tinct
- tine
- tinge
- tingeing
- tinging
- tint
- tinting
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 12, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, G, I, N, T, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 221 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 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.