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Spelling Bee September 20, 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: M

A
B
H
M
O
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

164

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

114

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BATHROOM
  • BATHROOM

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

24 pts

15%

Nice

41 pts

25%

Great

65 pts

40%

Amazing

82 pts

50%

Genius

114 pts

70%

Queen Bee

164 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • ammo
  • armor
  • aroma
  • atom
B 9 words
  • bamboo
  • barroom
  • bathmat
  • bathroom
  • bathroom
  • bomb
  • boom
  • bottom
  • broom
H 2 words
  • haram
  • harm
M 19 words
  • mahatma
  • mama
  • mamba
  • mambo
  • mamma
  • mammoth
  • marm
  • marmot
  • mart
  • math
  • moat
  • momma
  • moor
  • moot
  • mortar
  • moth
  • motor
  • motorboat
  • motto
R 2 words
  • roam
  • room
T 3 words
  • tomato
  • tomb
  • tram

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 20, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, H, M, O, R, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 164 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 114 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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