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Spelling Bee June 16, 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
I
L
N
O
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

191

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

133

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LEXICON
  • LEXICON

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

47 pts

25%

Great

76 pts

40%

Amazing

95 pts

50%

Genius

133 pts

70%

Queen Bee

191 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 18 words
  • cell
  • celli
  • cello
  • clinic
  • clone
  • cocci
  • cocoon
  • coil
  • coin
  • colic
  • colleen
  • collie
  • colon
  • colonel
  • colonic
  • cone
  • conic
  • cool
E 3 words
  • excel
  • excellence
  • exec
I 6 words
  • icicle
  • icon
  • iconic
  • incline
  • innocence
  • ionic
L 6 words
  • lenience
  • lexicon
  • lexicon
  • lice
  • loci
  • loco
N 4 words
  • neocon
  • nice
  • niece
  • nonce
O 2 words
  • oleic
  • once

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, June 16, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, N, O, X, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 191 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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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