Spelling Bee March 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
197
Pangrams
2
Genius score
137
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPECTANT
- EXPECTANT
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
78 pts
40%
Amazing
98 pts
50%
Genius
137 pts
70%
Queen Bee
197 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accept
- acceptance
- apace
- apex
- apnea
- canape
- cape
- catnap
- epee
- except
- expat
- expect
- expectant
- expectant
- nape
- neap
- pace
- pact
- paean
- panacea
- pancetta
- pane
- pant
- papa
- pate
- patent
- patentee
- peace
- peat
- pecan
- peccant
- peen
- peep
- penance
- pence
- pennant
- penne
- pent
- pentane
- tapa
- tape
- teepee
- tepee
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, March 16, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, N, P, T, X, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 197 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 137 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.