Spelling Bee June 21, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
198
Pangrams
2
Genius score
138
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BIGOTED
- BIGOTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
49 pts
25%
Great
79 pts
40%
Amazing
99 pts
50%
Genius
138 pts
70%
Queen Bee
198 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bedded
- beet
- beget
- begged
- begot
- beige
- betide
- betided
- bide
- bided
- bidet
- biggie
- bigot
- bigoted
- bigoted
- bite
- bobbed
- bode
- boded
- bodied
- bogged
- boob
- booboo
- booed
- boogie
- boogied
- boot
- booted
- bootee
- bootie
- debit
- debited
- debt
- doobie
- ebbed
- gibe
- gibed
- obit
- oboe
- tidbit
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, June 21, 2022 uses the seven letters B, D, E, G, I, O, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 198 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 138 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.