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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

A
B
C
G
I
K
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

156

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

109

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BACKING
  • BACKING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • abaci
  • aback
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acing
B 4 words
  • back
  • backing
  • backing
  • banc
C 9 words
  • cabana
  • cabbing
  • cabin
  • caging
  • caking
  • cancan
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
I 1 word
  • icing
K 5 words
  • kick
  • kickback
  • kicking
  • knack
  • knickknack
N 3 words
  • 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.

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

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