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Spelling Bee September 9, 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: C

C
I
M
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

198

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

138

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONTINUUM
  • CONTINUUM

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

29 pts

15%

Nice

49 pts

25%

Great

79 pts

40%

Amazing

99 pts

50%

Genius

138 pts

70%

Queen Bee

198 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 19 words
  • cocci
  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • coin
  • comic
  • commit
  • common
  • commotion
  • communion
  • concoct
  • concoction
  • conic
  • continuum
  • continuum
  • coot
  • cotton
  • count
  • cumin
  • cutout
I 3 words
  • icon
  • iconic
  • ionic
M 2 words
  • mimic
  • monotonic
N 1 word
  • noncom
T 3 words
  • tinct
  • tonic
  • tunic
U 3 words
  • uncommon
  • unction
  • uncut

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 9, 2022 uses the seven letters C, I, M, N, O, T, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 198 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 138 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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