Spelling Bee July 21, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
224
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OPTIMAL
- OPTIMAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
224 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- allot
- alto
- atilt
- atoll
- atom
- atop
- iota
- laptop
- lilt
- limit
- loot
- lotto
- maillot
- malt
- militia
- mitt
- moat
- molt
- moot
- motto
- omit
- optima
- optimal
- optimal
- palatal
- palatial
- patio
- pilot
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- plait
- plat
- plot
- potato
- tail
- taillamp
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tamp
- tapa
- tatami
- tattoo
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
- tiptop
- toil
- toll
- tomatillo
- tomato
- tomtit
- tool
- toot
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 21, 2022 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, O, P, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 224 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.