Spelling Bee April 12, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
221
Pangrams
4
Genius score
154
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VOLLEYBALL
- VOLLEYBALL
- LOVEABLY
- LOVEABLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
110 pts
50%
Genius
154 pts
70%
Queen Bee
221 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbey
- able
- ably
- above
- baba
- babble
- babe
- babel
- baby
- bale
- ball
- ballboy
- baobab
- belay
- bell
- bellboy
- belle
- belly
- bevel
- bevy
- blab
- blabby
- blob
- blobby
- boba
- bobble
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- booby
- eyeball
- label
- lobby
- lobe
- loblolly
- lobo
- lovable
- lovably
- loveable
- loveably
- loveably
- obey
- oboe
- volleyball
- volleyball
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 12, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, E, L, O, V, Y, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 221 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 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.