Spelling Bee February 28, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
220
Pangrams
2
Genius score
154
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BILLBOARD
- BILLBOARD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
110 pts
50%
Genius
154 pts
70%
Queen Bee
220 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aboil
- aioli
- airball
- alibi
- arborio
- aria
- arid
- aril
- bail
- bailor
- barrio
- bilabial
- bill
- billboard
- billboard
- billiard
- biradial
- bird
- boil
- braid
- briar
- bridal
- brio
- broil
- dial
- dildo
- dill
- drib
- drill
- droid
- idol
- labia
- labial
- laid
- lair
- liar
- libido
- lira
- olio
- rabbi
- rabid
- radial
- radii
- radio
- raid
- rail
- railbird
- railroad
- rial
- ribald
- rill
- roil
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 28, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, D, I, L, O, R, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 220 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 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.