Spelling Bee July 5, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
27
Total points
156
Pangrams
2
Genius score
109
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BACKING
- BACKING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
62 pts
40%
Amazing
78 pts
50%
Genius
109 pts
70%
Queen Bee
156 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- aback
- acacia
- acai
- acing
- back
- backing
- backing
- banc
- cabana
- cabbing
- cabin
- caging
- caking
- cancan
- caning
- canna
- canning
- icing
- kick
- kickback
- kicking
- knack
- knickknack
- niacin
- nick
- nicking
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, July 5, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, C, G, I, K, N, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 156 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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.