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Spelling Bee June 18, 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: F

A
E
F
I
L
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

74

accepted entries

Total points

372

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

260

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INFANTILE
  • INFANTILE
  • FLATLINE
  • FLATLINE
  • INFLATE
  • INFLATE

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

93 pts

25%

Great

148 pts

40%

Amazing

186 pts

50%

Genius

260 pts

70%

Queen Bee

372 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • affiant
  • affiliate
  • alfalfa
  • antifa
E 2 words
  • effete
  • elfin
F 50 words
  • fail
  • faint
  • falafel
  • fall
  • fallen
  • fantail
  • fatal
  • fate
  • fatten
  • feat
  • feel
  • feet
  • feint
  • feline
  • fell
  • fella
  • fellate
  • felt
  • fennel
  • feta
  • fetal
  • fete
  • fettle
  • fiat
  • fief
  • fife
  • fifteen
  • file
  • filet
  • filial
  • fill
  • fillet
  • final
  • finale
  • fine
  • finial
  • finite
  • flail
  • flan
  • flannel
  • flat
  • flatfeet
  • flatline
  • flatline
  • flatten
  • flea
  • flee
  • fleet
  • flint
  • flit
I 7 words
  • infant
  • infantile
  • infantile
  • infill
  • infinite
  • inflate
  • inflate
L 7 words
  • leaf
  • leaflet
  • left
  • leftie
  • life
  • lifeline
  • lift
N 1 word
  • naif
T 3 words
  • taffeta
  • tailfin
  • tiff

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, June 18, 2022 uses the seven letters A, E, F, I, L, N, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 74 accepted words for a total of 372 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 260 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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