Spelling Bee September 16, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
332
Pangrams
4
Genius score
232
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INJECTION
- INJECTION
- EJECTION
- EJECTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
49 pts
15%
Nice
83 pts
25%
Great
132 pts
40%
Amazing
166 pts
50%
Genius
232 pts
70%
Queen Bee
332 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cent
- cite
- cocci
- cocoon
- coin
- conceit
- concoct
- concoction
- cone
- conic
- conjoin
- conjoint
- connect
- connection
- connote
- content
- contention
- continence
- continent
- coot
- cootie
- cote
- cotton
- ecotone
- eject
- ejection
- ejection
- entice
- icon
- iconic
- incite
- incontinence
- incontinent
- inject
- injection
- injection
- innocence
- innocent
- ionic
- neocon
- nice
- nicotine
- niece
- nonce
- notice
- octet
- once
- tectonic
- tinct
- tonic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 16, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, I, J, N, O, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 332 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 232 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.