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Spelling Bee September 13, 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: I

A
C
I
K
L
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

228

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

159

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • COCKTAIL
  • COCKTAIL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

57 pts

25%

Great

91 pts

40%

Amazing

114 pts

50%

Genius

159 pts

70%

Queen Bee

228 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • aioli
  • alit
  • alkali
  • atilt
  • attic
C 14 words
  • cacti
  • calico
  • cattail
  • ciao
  • cilia
  • click
  • coati
  • coattail
  • cocci
  • cocktail
  • cocktail
  • coil
  • coital
  • colic
I 4 words
  • iliac
  • illicit
  • iota
  • italic
K 4 words
  • kick
  • kill
  • kilo
  • kilt
L 8 words
  • lactic
  • laic
  • laical
  • licit
  • lick
  • lilac
  • lilt
  • loci
O 1 word
  • olio
T 15 words
  • tacit
  • tactic
  • tactical
  • tail
  • tailcoat
  • tali
  • tallit
  • tick
  • ticktock
  • tiki
  • tikka
  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • toolkit

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 13, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, I, K, L, O, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 228 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 159 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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