Spelling Bee April 9, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
209
Pangrams
2
Genius score
146
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VIRTUAL
- VIRTUAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
83 pts
40%
Amazing
104 pts
50%
Genius
146 pts
70%
Queen Bee
209 pts
100%
All accepted words
- altar
- aria
- aril
- arrival
- atria
- atrial
- attar
- aura
- aural
- avatar
- lair
- lariat
- larva
- larval
- liar
- lira
- rail
- raita
- ratatat
- rattail
- rial
- rill
- ritual
- rival
- rural
- tart
- tartar
- tiara
- titular
- trail
- trait
- travail
- trial
- trill
- trivia
- trivial
- ultra
- uvular
- viral
- virtual
- virtual
- vulvar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 9, 2022 uses the seven letters A, I, L, R, T, U, V, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 209 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 146 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.