Spelling Bee April 20, 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
54
Total points
263
Pangrams
2
Genius score
184
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BEDFELLOW
- BEDFELLOW
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
105 pts
40%
Amazing
131 pts
50%
Genius
184 pts
70%
Queen Bee
263 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bedded
- bedew
- bedewed
- bedfellow
- bedfellow
- beef
- beefed
- befell
- bell
- belle
- belled
- bellow
- bellowed
- below
- bled
- bleed
- blew
- blob
- blobbed
- blood
- blooded
- blow
- bobbed
- bobble
- bobbled
- bode
- boded
- boffo
- bold
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- boodle
- booed
- bowed
- bowel
- bowl
- bowled
- bowwow
- dweeb
- ebbed
- elbow
- elbowed
- feeble
- fobbed
- lobbed
- lobe
- lobed
- lobo
- oboe
- webbed
- wobble
- wobbled
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 20, 2022 uses the seven letters B, D, E, F, L, O, W, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 263 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.