Spelling Bee July 16, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
205
Pangrams
2
Genius score
143
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LIKELIHOOD
- LIKELIHOOD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
82 pts
40%
Amazing
102 pts
50%
Genius
143 pts
70%
Queen Bee
205 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deli
- dell
- diddle
- diddled
- dildo
- dill
- dole
- doled
- doll
- dolled
- dollied
- doodle
- doodled
- elide
- elided
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- hellhole
- hello
- hill
- hilled
- hold
- hole
- holed
- idle
- idled
- idol
- keel
- keeled
- kill
- killed
- kilo
- kohl
- lede
- leek
- lidded
- lied
- like
- liked
- likelihood
- likelihood
- lode
- loll
- lolled
- look
- looked
- oiled
- oldie
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 16, 2022 uses the seven letters D, E, H, I, K, L, O, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 205 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 143 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.