Spelling Bee September 3, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
259
Pangrams
4
Genius score
181
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UMPIRING
- GRUMPING
- UMPIRING
- GRUMPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
103 pts
40%
Amazing
129 pts
50%
Genius
181 pts
70%
Queen Bee
259 pts
100%
All accepted words
- grim
- grin
- grinning
- grip
- griping
- gripping
- grump
- grumping
- grumping
- guru
- inuring
- inurn
- inurning
- mirin
- miring
- murmur
- murmuring
- nigiri
- prig
- prim
- priming
- primp
- primping
- pruning
- purging
- purr
- purring
- rigging
- rimming
- ring
- ringing
- ripping
- ruin
- ruing
- ruining
- rump
- rung
- running
- umpiring
- umpiring
- unrig
- unrigging
- urging
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 3, 2022 uses the seven letters G, I, M, N, P, R, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 259 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 181 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.