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Spelling Bee Answers for September 24, 2022

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words58
Pangrams1
Points possible204
Center letterT
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published September 24, 2022·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

NU
RTI
OF

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
17 pts
Good
31 pts
Solid
51 pts
Nice
82 pts
Great
102 pts
Amazing
143 pts
Genius
174 pts
Queen Bee
204 pts
Total words
58
Pangrams
1
Possible points
204

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
fruition +15 pts

The full word list

All 58 valid Spelling Bee solutions for September 24, 2022, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters30 words
fontfootfortintoontoriftriotrootrotiroutrunttifftinttofutoontoottoritorntorotorttourtouttriotrottuftturfturntutuunitunto
5 letters13 words
fountfrontfruitfutonintronitrooutrorotortoriitrouttutortuttiunfit
6 letters8 words
finitointuitnotionoutfitoutrunrotinirunouttriton
7 letters4 words
tortonituitionturnoffturnout
8 letters1 word
fruition
9 letters2 words
intuitionnutrition

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

fruition +15intuition +9nutrition +9tortoni +7tuition +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for September 24, 2022 has 58 valid words for a total of 204 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 174 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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