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Spelling Bee September 29, 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: I

A
E
I
L
N
T
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

59

accepted entries

Total points

295

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

206

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INITIALIZE
  • INITIALIZE
  • TANTALIZE
  • TANTALIZE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

23 pts

8%

Solid

44 pts

15%

Nice

73 pts

25%

Great

118 pts

40%

Amazing

147 pts

50%

Genius

206 pts

70%

Queen Bee

295 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • alien
  • alienate
  • alit
  • anti
  • atilt
  • attain
E 3 words
  • elite
  • entail
  • entitle
I 10 words
  • inane
  • initial
  • initialize
  • initialize
  • initiate
  • inlet
  • innate
  • innie
  • intel
  • intent
L 14 words
  • lain
  • lanai
  • lenient
  • lentil
  • lien
  • lilt
  • line
  • lineal
  • linen
  • linnet
  • lint
  • lintel
  • lite
  • little
N 5 words
  • nail
  • netizen
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 18 words
  • tail
  • tain
  • taint
  • tali
  • tallit
  • tannin
  • tantalize
  • tantalize
  • tanzanite
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • tine
  • tint
  • titan
  • titillate
  • title
  • tittle
Z 3 words
  • zine
  • zinnia
  • ziti

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 29, 2022 uses the seven letters A, E, I, L, N, T, Z, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 295 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 206 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.

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

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