Spelling Bee July 12, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
167
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ALCHEMY
- ALCHEMY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
167 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- achy
- acme
- ahem
- alchemy
- alchemy
- allay
- allele
- alley
- ally
- amyl
- cache
- call
- calla
- calm
- calmly
- came
- camel
- challah
- clam
- clammy
- clay
- clayey
- each
- halal
- hale
- hall
- hammy
- heal
- lace
- lacy
- lama
- lame
- lamely
- leach
- lemma
- llama
- mace
- male
- mall
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- mayhem
- meal
- mealy
- mecca
- yeah
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, July 12, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, L, M, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 167 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.