Spelling Bee April 22, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
187
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VOLATILITY
- VOLATILITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
187 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- alit
- allay
- allot
- alloy
- ally
- alto
- atilt
- atoll
- avail
- illy
- laity
- lava
- lilt
- lily
- loll
- loot
- lotto
- loyal
- loyally
- loyalty
- oily
- olio
- oval
- tail
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tally
- till
- tilt
- toil
- toll
- tool
- total
- totality
- totally
- vial
- villa
- viol
- viola
- vital
- vitality
- vitally
- voila
- volatility
- volatility
- volt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 22, 2022 uses the seven letters A, I, L, O, T, V, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.