Spelling Bee September 23, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
138
Pangrams
2
Genius score
96
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GARBANZO
- GARBANZO
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
55 pts
40%
Amazing
69 pts
50%
Genius
96 pts
70%
Queen Bee
138 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arbor
- baba
- baboon
- banana
- bang
- baobab
- barb
- barn
- baron
- bazaar
- bazoo
- boar
- boba
- bonanza
- bonbon
- bong
- bongo
- bonobo
- boob
- booboo
- boon
- boor
- born
- boron
- bozo
- brag
- bran
- brogan
- garb
- garbanzo
- garbanzo
- grab
- nabob
- noob
- ragbag
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 23, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, G, N, O, R, Z, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 138 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 96 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.