Spelling Bee February 26, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
165
Pangrams
2
Genius score
115
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TOOTHPICK
- TOOTHPICK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
82 pts
50%
Genius
115 pts
70%
Queen Bee
165 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chock
- chop
- cocci
- cock
- cockpit
- coho
- cook
- cooktop
- coop
- coopt
- coot
- hippo
- hock
- hooch
- hook
- hoop
- hoot
- hotpot
- kook
- octopi
- optic
- photic
- photo
- photopic
- picot
- pock
- pooch
- pooh
- poop
- pothook
- ticktock
- tiptop
- tock
- took
- toot
- tooth
- toothpick
- toothpick
- topic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 26, 2022 uses the seven letters C, H, I, K, O, P, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 165 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 115 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.