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Spelling Bee September 17, 2022 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: G

E
G
H
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

36

accepted entries

Total points

171

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

119

70% of total

Center letter

G

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TOUGHEN
  • TOUGHEN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

68 pts

40%

Amazing

85 pts

50%

Genius

119 pts

70%

Queen Bee

171 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 2 words
  • eggnog
  • enough
G 11 words
  • gene
  • gent
  • ghee
  • ghetto
  • gone
  • gong
  • goon
  • goth
  • gotten
  • gouge
  • gout
H 3 words
  • henge
  • huge
  • hung
N 2 words
  • nought
  • nugget
O 6 words
  • ogee
  • ought
  • outgo
  • outgone
  • outgun
  • outthought
T 9 words
  • thong
  • though
  • thought
  • thug
  • tong
  • tongue
  • tough
  • toughen
  • toughen
U 3 words
  • unguent
  • unhung
  • unthought

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 17, 2022 uses the seven letters E, G, H, N, O, T, U, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 171 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 119 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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