Thursday · 46 words

Spelling Bee September 15, 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: G

D
E
G
H
I
L
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

45

accepted entries

Total points

294

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

205

70% of total

Center letter

G

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HIGHLIGHTED
  • HIGHLIGHTED
  • DELIGHTED
  • DELIGHTED
  • DELIGHT
  • LIGHTED
  • DELIGHT
  • LIGHTED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

23 pts

8%

Solid

44 pts

15%

Nice

73 pts

25%

Great

117 pts

40%

Amazing

147 pts

50%

Genius

205 pts

70%

Queen Bee

294 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 5 words
  • delight
  • delight
  • delighted
  • delighted
  • digit
E 6 words
  • edge
  • edged
  • egged
  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
G 18 words
  • geld
  • gelded
  • gelee
  • gelid
  • gelled
  • gelt
  • ghee
  • gigged
  • giggle
  • giggled
  • gild
  • gilded
  • gill
  • gilled
  • gilt
  • glee
  • glide
  • glided
H 7 words
  • hedge
  • hedged
  • height
  • high
  • highlight
  • highlighted
  • highlighted
L 7 words
  • ledge
  • legged
  • legit
  • liege
  • light
  • lighted
  • lighted
T 2 words
  • thigh
  • tight

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 15, 2022 uses the seven letters D, E, G, H, I, L, T, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 294 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 205 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 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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