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Spelling Bee July 22, 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: C

C
E
G
I
L
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

367

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

10

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

256

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INTELLIGENCE
  • INTELLIGENCE
  • NEGLECTING
  • NEGLECTING
  • TELEGENIC
  • ELICITING
  • TELEGENIC
  • ELICITING
  • ELECTING
  • ELECTING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

18 pts

5%

Good

29 pts

8%

Solid

55 pts

15%

Nice

91 pts

25%

Great

146 pts

40%

Amazing

183 pts

50%

Genius

256 pts

70%

Queen Bee

367 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 11 words
  • ceiling
  • cell
  • celli
  • cent
  • cite
  • citing
  • client
  • clientele
  • cling
  • clinging
  • clinic
E 10 words
  • eclectic
  • elect
  • electee
  • electing
  • electing
  • elicit
  • eliciting
  • eliciting
  • entice
  • enticing
G 1 word
  • genetic
I 10 words
  • icicle
  • icing
  • illicit
  • incite
  • inciting
  • incline
  • inclining
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • intelligence
L 3 words
  • lenience
  • lice
  • licit
N 6 words
  • neglect
  • neglecting
  • neglecting
  • negligence
  • nice
  • niece
T 3 words
  • telegenic
  • telegenic
  • tinct

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, July 22, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, G, I, L, N, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 367 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 256 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 10 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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