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Spelling Bee April 18, 2022 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: C

C
I
L
M
O
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

181

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

126

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • IMPOLITIC
  • COMPLICIT
  • COMPLICIT
  • IMPOLITIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

45 pts

25%

Great

72 pts

40%

Amazing

90 pts

50%

Genius

126 pts

70%

Queen Bee

181 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 18 words
  • clip
  • clomp
  • clop
  • clot
  • cocci
  • coil
  • colic
  • colt
  • comic
  • commit
  • comp
  • complicit
  • complicit
  • cool
  • coop
  • coopt
  • coot
  • copilot
I 4 words
  • illicit
  • implicit
  • impolitic
  • impolitic
L 3 words
  • licit
  • loci
  • loco
M 1 word
  • mimic
O 2 words
  • octopi
  • optic
P 4 words
  • piccolo
  • picot
  • politic
  • politico
T 1 word
  • topic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, April 18, 2022 uses the seven letters C, I, L, M, O, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 181 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 126 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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