Spelling Bee September 18, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
180
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VALIDITY
- VALIDITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
180 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- allay
- ally
- atilt
- avail
- avid
- avidity
- avidly
- daddy
- daily
- dally
- data
- daylily
- daylit
- dial
- dillydally
- diva
- dyad
- lady
- laid
- laity
- lava
- tail
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tally
- tatty
- tidal
- tidally
- valid
- validity
- validity
- validly
- vial
- villa
- vital
- vitality
- vitally
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 18, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, T, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 180 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.