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Spelling Bee September 30, 2022 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: A

A
J
L
N
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

28

accepted entries

Total points

109

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

76

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • JOURNAL
  • JOURNAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

27 pts

25%

Great

43 pts

40%

Amazing

54 pts

50%

Genius

76 pts

70%

Queen Bee

109 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • ajar
  • anal
  • annal
  • annual
  • annul
  • annular
  • anon
  • aura
  • aural
  • aurora
  • auroral
J 2 words
  • journal
  • journal
L 6 words
  • llano
  • loan
  • luau
  • luna
  • lunar
  • lunula
N 2 words
  • naan
  • nana
O 1 word
  • oral
R 4 words
  • raja
  • roan
  • roar
  • rural
U 2 words
  • ulna
  • ulnar

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 30, 2022 uses the seven letters A, J, L, N, O, R, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 109 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 76 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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