Spelling Bee July 20, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
145
Pangrams
2
Genius score
101
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BENEVOLENT
- BENEVOLENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
36 pts
25%
Great
58 pts
40%
Amazing
72 pts
50%
Genius
101 pts
70%
Queen Bee
145 pts
100%
All accepted words
- been
- beet
- beetle
- bell
- belle
- belt
- benevolent
- benevolent
- bent
- bento
- betel
- bevel
- blob
- blot
- blotto
- bobble
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- bonbon
- bone
- bonnet
- bonobo
- boob
- booboo
- boon
- boot
- bootee
- botnet
- bottle
- ebon
- ennoble
- lobe
- lobo
- noble
- noob
- oboe
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, July 20, 2022 uses the seven letters B, E, L, N, O, T, V, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 145 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 101 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.