Spelling Bee September 7, 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
61
Total points
245
Pangrams
4
Genius score
171
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOORNAIL
- DOORNAIL
- ORDINAL
- ORDINAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
122 pts
50%
Genius
171 pts
70%
Queen Bee
245 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adorn
- andiron
- android
- ardor
- aria
- arid
- aril
- darn
- dinar
- dirndl
- dollar
- dolor
- donor
- door
- doornail
- doornail
- dorado
- drain
- drill
- droid
- droll
- drool
- indoor
- inroad
- iron
- lair
- landlord
- lard
- liar
- lira
- lord
- nadir
- noir
- nori
- odor
- oral
- ordain
- ordinal
- ordinal
- radar
- radial
- radian
- radii
- radio
- radon
- raid
- rail
- railroad
- rain
- rand
- rani
- rial
- rill
- rind
- road
- roan
- roar
- roil
- roll
- rondo
- rood
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 7, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, O, R, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 245 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 171 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.