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Spelling Bee April 5, 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: A

A
C
I
P
T
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

28

accepted entries

Total points

148

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

103

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CAPTIVITY
  • CAPTIVITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

37 pts

25%

Great

59 pts

40%

Amazing

74 pts

50%

Genius

103 pts

70%

Queen Bee

148 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • activity
  • attic
C 7 words
  • cacti
  • capacity
  • captivity
  • captivity
  • catty
  • cava
  • cavity
P 10 words
  • pact
  • papa
  • papacy
  • papaya
  • pappy
  • patty
  • pica
  • piccata
  • pita
  • pitapat
T 5 words
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tapa
  • tatty
V 1 word
  • vivacity
Y 1 word
  • yappy

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 5, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, I, P, T, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 148 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 103 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.

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

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