Spelling Bee September 25, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
171
Pangrams
2
Genius score
119
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TACKLED
- TACKLED
Rank thresholds
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
- alack
- attack
- attacked
- cackle
- cackled
- cake
- caked
- clack
- clacked
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- deke
- deked
- eked
- kale
- keel
- keeled
- kettle
- lack
- lacked
- lake
- latke
- leak
- leaked
- leek
- tack
- tacked
- tackle
- tackled
- tackled
- take
- talk
- talked
- teacake
- teak
- teakettle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 25, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, K, L, T, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 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.