Spelling Bee April 16, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
288
Pangrams
4
Genius score
201
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLATULENT
- FLATULENT
- AFFLUENT
- AFFLUENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
43 pts
15%
Nice
72 pts
25%
Great
115 pts
40%
Amazing
144 pts
50%
Genius
201 pts
70%
Queen Bee
288 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affluent
- affluent
- alfalfa
- effete
- effluent
- falafel
- fall
- fallen
- fatal
- fate
- fateful
- fatten
- fault
- faun
- fauna
- faunae
- faunal
- feat
- feel
- feet
- fell
- fella
- fellate
- felt
- fennel
- feta
- fetal
- fete
- fettle
- flan
- flannel
- flat
- flatfeet
- flatten
- flatulent
- flatulent
- flaunt
- flauta
- flea
- flee
- fleet
- flue
- fluent
- fluff
- flute
- fuel
- full
- funnel
- leaf
- leaflet
- left
- taffeta
- tuffet
- tuft
- tuneful
- unfelt
- untuneful
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 16, 2022 uses the seven letters A, E, F, L, N, T, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 288 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 201 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.