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Spelling Bee June 23, 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: U

A
D
E
F
L
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

62

accepted entries

Total points

337

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

235

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DEFAULTED
  • DEFAULTED
  • DEFAULT
  • FAULTED
  • DEFAULT
  • FAULTED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

50 pts

15%

Nice

84 pts

25%

Great

134 pts

40%

Amazing

168 pts

50%

Genius

235 pts

70%

Queen Bee

337 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • adulate
  • adulated
  • adult
  • allude
  • alluded
D 18 words
  • default
  • default
  • defaulted
  • defaulted
  • delude
  • deluded
  • dual
  • dude
  • duded
  • duel
  • dueled
  • duet
  • duetted
  • duff
  • duffel
  • duffle
  • dull
  • dulled
E 3 words
  • elude
  • eluded
  • etude
F 18 words
  • fateful
  • fault
  • faulted
  • faulted
  • feud
  • feudal
  • feuded
  • flauta
  • flue
  • fluff
  • fluffed
  • flute
  • fluted
  • fuddle
  • fuddled
  • fuel
  • fueled
  • full
L 8 words
  • laud
  • lauded
  • luau
  • lull
  • lulled
  • lulu
  • lute
  • luteal
T 8 words
  • taut
  • tuffet
  • tuft
  • tufted
  • tulle
  • tutee
  • tutted
  • tutu
U 2 words
  • ululate
  • ululated

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, June 23, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, E, F, L, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 337 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 235 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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