Spelling Bee September 21, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
63
Total points
275
Pangrams
4
Genius score
192
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FACILITATE
- FACILITATE
- FACELIFT
- FACELIFT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
137 pts
50%
Genius
192 pts
70%
Queen Bee
275 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affect
- affiliate
- afflict
- alfalfa
- cafe
- calf
- clef
- cleft
- cliff
- efface
- effect
- effete
- face
- facelift
- facelift
- facet
- facial
- facile
- facilitate
- facilitate
- fact
- fail
- falafel
- fall
- fatal
- fate
- feat
- fecal
- feel
- feet
- fell
- fella
- fellate
- felt
- feta
- fetal
- fete
- fettle
- fiat
- fief
- fife
- file
- filet
- filial
- fill
- fillet
- flail
- flat
- flatfeet
- flea
- flee
- fleece
- fleet
- flit
- icefall
- leaf
- leaflet
- left
- leftie
- life
- lift
- taffeta
- tiff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 21, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, I, L, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 63 accepted words for a total of 275 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 192 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.