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Spelling Bee August 2, 2022 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: K

C
D
E
I
K
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

151

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

105

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PICNICKED
  • PICNICKED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

37 pts

25%

Great

60 pts

40%

Amazing

75 pts

50%

Genius

105 pts

70%

Queen Bee

151 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 7 words
  • deck
  • decked
  • deke
  • deked
  • dike
  • dink
  • dinked
E 1 word
  • eked
I 1 word
  • inked
K 13 words
  • keen
  • keened
  • keep
  • kepi
  • kick
  • kicked
  • kidded
  • kiddie
  • kind
  • kink
  • kinked
  • knee
  • kneed
N 4 words
  • neck
  • necked
  • nick
  • nicked
P 13 words
  • peck
  • pecked
  • peek
  • peeked
  • peke
  • pick
  • picked
  • picnicked
  • picnicked
  • pike
  • pink
  • pinked
  • pinkie

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 2, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, K, N, P, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 151 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 105 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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