Spelling Bee April 17, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
141
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHEMICAL
- CHEMICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
141 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- ahem
- cache
- chai
- chalice
- challah
- chemical
- chemical
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chicle
- chili
- chill
- chime
- cliche
- each
- hail
- halal
- hale
- hall
- heal
- heel
- heliacal
- helical
- hell
- helm
- heme
- hill
- leach
- lech
- leech
- mahimahi
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 17, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, L, M, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 141 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.