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Spelling Bee April 21, 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: E

E
F
L
N
T
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

271

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

189

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNEVENTFUL
  • UNEVENTFUL
  • EVENTFUL
  • EVENTFUL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

21 pts

8%

Solid

40 pts

15%

Nice

67 pts

25%

Great

108 pts

40%

Amazing

135 pts

50%

Genius

189 pts

70%

Queen Bee

271 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 8 words
  • effete
  • effluent
  • eleven
  • entente
  • even
  • event
  • eventful
  • eventful
F 14 words
  • feel
  • feet
  • fell
  • felt
  • fennel
  • fete
  • fettle
  • flee
  • fleet
  • flue
  • fluent
  • flute
  • fuel
  • funnel
L 7 words
  • left
  • lent
  • levee
  • level
  • lune
  • lunette
  • lute
N 2 words
  • nene
  • nettle
T 10 words
  • teen
  • tell
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tuffet
  • tulle
  • tune
  • tuneful
  • tunnel
  • tutee
U 8 words
  • uneven
  • uneventful
  • uneventful
  • unfelt
  • unlet
  • unlevel
  • untune
  • untuneful
V 5 words
  • velvet
  • velveteen
  • vent
  • venue
  • venule

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 21, 2022 uses the seven letters E, F, L, N, T, U, V, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 271 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 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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