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
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
295
Pangrams
4
Genius score
206
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INITIALIZE
- INITIALIZE
- TANTALIZE
- TANTALIZE
Rank thresholds
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
- alien
- alienate
- alit
- anti
- atilt
- attain
- elite
- entail
- entitle
- inane
- initial
- initialize
- initialize
- initiate
- inlet
- innate
- innie
- intel
- intent
- lain
- lanai
- lenient
- lentil
- lien
- lilt
- line
- lineal
- linen
- linnet
- lint
- lintel
- lite
- little
- nail
- netizen
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- tail
- tain
- taint
- tali
- tallit
- tannin
- tantalize
- tantalize
- tanzanite
- tile
- till
- tilt
- tine
- tint
- titan
- titillate
- title
- tittle
- 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.