Spelling Bee February 12, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
186
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INGENUITY
- INGENUITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
186 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ennui
- genuine
- gigue
- gunning
- gutting
- ingenue
- ingenuity
- ingenuity
- intuit
- intuiting
- nugget
- nutty
- tenuity
- tugging
- tune
- tuning
- tutee
- tutti
- tutting
- tutu
- unguent
- unit
- unite
- uniting
- unity
- untie
- untune
- untuning
- untying
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 12, 2022 uses the seven letters E, G, I, N, T, U, Y, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 186 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.