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Spelling Bee April 1, 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: O

D
H
I
K
N
O
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

125

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

87

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HOODWINK
  • HOODWINK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

31 pts

25%

Great

50 pts

40%

Amazing

62 pts

50%

Genius

87 pts

70%

Queen Bee

125 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 4 words
  • dino
  • dodo
  • down
  • downwind
H 6 words
  • honk
  • hood
  • hoodoo
  • hoodwink
  • hoodwink
  • hook
K 5 words
  • kiddo
  • know
  • knowhow
  • known
  • kook
N 3 words
  • nohow
  • nook
  • noon
O 2 words
  • oink
  • onion
W 9 words
  • widow
  • widowhood
  • window
  • winnow
  • wino
  • wonk
  • wood
  • woodwind
  • woohoo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 1, 2022 uses the seven letters D, H, I, K, N, O, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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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