Spelling Bee September 28, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
272
Pangrams
4
Genius score
190
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHUCKING
- CHUNKING
- CHUNKING
- CHUCKING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
136 pts
50%
Genius
190 pts
70%
Queen Bee
272 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chin
- chinning
- chucking
- chucking
- chugging
- chunk
- chunking
- chunking
- cinch
- cinching
- cuing
- cunning
- gigging
- ginning
- gunk
- gunning
- hiking
- hinging
- hugging
- hunch
- hunching
- hung
- hunk
- icing
- inch
- inching
- inking
- inning
- kicking
- king
- kinging
- kink
- kinking
- nick
- nicking
- nigh
- nuking
- nunchuck
- nunchuk
- unhinging
- unhung
- unkink
- unkinking
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 28, 2022 uses the seven letters C, G, H, I, K, N, U, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 272 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 190 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.