Spelling Bee February 23, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
198
Pangrams
2
Genius score
138
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OBJECTED
- OBJECTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
49 pts
25%
Great
79 pts
40%
Amazing
99 pts
50%
Genius
138 pts
70%
Queen Bee
198 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bedded
- bobbed
- bode
- boded
- booed
- booted
- cede
- ceded
- code
- coded
- coed
- cooed
- debt
- deco
- decoct
- decocted
- decode
- decoded
- deed
- deeded
- deject
- dejected
- detect
- detected
- dodo
- dojo
- dote
- doted
- dotted
- ebbed
- ejected
- jetted
- jobbed
- jotted
- objected
- objected
- teed
- toed
- tooted
- toted
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 23, 2022 uses the seven letters B, C, D, E, J, O, T, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 198 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 138 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.