Spelling Bee July 2, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
72
Total points
425
Pangrams
12
Genius score
297
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- APOLITICAL
- APOLITICAL
- OCCIPITAL
- POLITICAL
- POLITICAL
- OCCIPITAL
- TOPICAL
- OPTICAL
- CAPITOL
- TOPICAL
- CAPITOL
- OPTICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
21 pts
5%
Good
34 pts
8%
Solid
63 pts
15%
Nice
106 pts
25%
Great
170 pts
40%
Amazing
212 pts
50%
Genius
297 pts
70%
Queen Bee
425 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alcopop
- alpaca
- apolitical
- apolitical
- appall
- atop
- capital
- capitol
- capitol
- capo
- catalpa
- clap
- clip
- clop
- coop
- coopt
- copilot
- laptop
- lipo
- lollipop
- lollop
- loop
- occipital
- occipital
- octopi
- opal
- optic
- optical
- optical
- pact
- pail
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- palp
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- patio
- pica
- piccata
- piccolo
- picot
- pill
- pilot
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- plait
- plat
- plop
- plot
- polio
- politic
- political
- political
- politico
- poll
- polo
- pool
- poop
- poppa
- potato
- tapa
- tapioca
- tilapia
- tiptop
- topcoat
- topic
- topical
- topical
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 2, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, O, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 72 accepted words for a total of 425 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 297 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 12 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.