Spelling Bee February 4, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
268
Pangrams
6
Genius score
187
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DEADLOCKED
- DEADLOCKED
- DEADLOCK
- DEADLOCK
- CLOAKED
- CLOAKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
107 pts
40%
Amazing
134 pts
50%
Genius
187 pts
70%
Queen Bee
268 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alack
- cackle
- cackled
- cake
- caked
- clack
- clacked
- cloak
- cloaked
- cloaked
- clock
- clocked
- cock
- cockade
- cocked
- cockle
- coke
- coked
- coldcock
- coldcocked
- cook
- cooked
- deadlock
- deadlock
- deadlocked
- deadlocked
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- deke
- deked
- dock
- docked
- eked
- kale
- keel
- keeled
- koala
- kola
- kook
- lack
- lacked
- lake
- leak
- leaked
- leek
- lock
- locked
- look
- looked
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 4, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, K, L, O, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 268 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 187 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.