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Spelling Bee February 21, 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
H
I
K
L

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

155

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

108

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHILDLIKE
  • CHILDLIKE

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

23 pts

15%

Nice

38 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

77 pts

50%

Genius

108 pts

70%

Queen Bee

155 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • check
  • checked
  • cheek
  • chick
  • childlike
  • childlike
  • click
  • clicked
D 6 words
  • deck
  • decked
  • deckle
  • deke
  • deked
  • dike
E 1 word
  • eked
H 6 words
  • heck
  • heckle
  • heckled
  • hick
  • hike
  • hiked
K 8 words
  • keel
  • keeled
  • kick
  • kicked
  • kidded
  • kiddie
  • kill
  • killed
L 5 words
  • leek
  • lick
  • licked
  • like
  • liked

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 21, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, I, K, L, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 155 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 108 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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