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Spelling Bee September 4, 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: V

A
D
E
I
L
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

70

accepted entries

Total points

433

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

303

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ALLEVIATED
  • ALLEVIATED
  • LEVITATED
  • VALIDATED
  • LEVITATED
  • VALIDATED
  • VALIDATE
  • VALIDATE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

8 pts

2%

Moving Up

21 pts

5%

Good

34 pts

8%

Solid

64 pts

15%

Nice

108 pts

25%

Great

173 pts

40%

Amazing

216 pts

50%

Genius

303 pts

70%

Queen Bee

433 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • additive
  • alive
  • alleviate
  • alleviated
  • alleviated
  • avail
  • availed
  • aviate
  • aviated
  • avid
D 13 words
  • dative
  • delve
  • delved
  • deviate
  • deviated
  • devil
  • deviled
  • diva
  • dive
  • dived
  • divide
  • divided
  • divvied
E 6 words
  • eave
  • elevate
  • elevated
  • evade
  • evaded
  • evil
I 1 word
  • ivied
L 14 words
  • lava
  • lave
  • laved
  • leave
  • levee
  • level
  • leveled
  • levied
  • levitate
  • levitated
  • levitated
  • live
  • lived
  • livid
T 2 words
  • titivate
  • titivated
V 24 words
  • vale
  • valet
  • valeted
  • valid
  • validate
  • validate
  • validated
  • validated
  • valve
  • veal
  • veil
  • veiled
  • veld
  • veldt
  • velvet
  • vetted
  • vial
  • vied
  • vile
  • villa
  • vital
  • vitiate
  • vitiated
  • vivid

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 4, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, E, I, L, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 70 accepted words for a total of 433 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 303 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 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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