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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

A
C
D
E
K
L
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

37

accepted entries

Total points

171

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

119

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TACKLED
  • TACKLED

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

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • alack
  • attack
  • attacked
C 6 words
  • cackle
  • cackled
  • cake
  • caked
  • clack
  • clacked
D 5 words
  • deck
  • decked
  • deckle
  • deke
  • deked
E 1 word
  • eked
K 4 words
  • kale
  • keel
  • keeled
  • kettle
L 7 words
  • lack
  • lacked
  • lake
  • latke
  • leak
  • leaked
  • leek
T 11 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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