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Spelling Bee March 17, 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: O

H
I
L
O
P
R
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

170

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

118

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WHIPPOORWILL
  • WHIPPOORWILL
  • WHIRLPOOL
  • WHIRLPOOL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

68 pts

40%

Amazing

85 pts

50%

Genius

119 pts

70%

Queen Bee

170 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
H 5 words
  • hippo
  • hollow
  • hoop
  • horror
  • howl
L 5 words
  • lipo
  • loll
  • lollipop
  • lollop
  • loop
O 1 word
  • olio
P 15 words
  • pillow
  • plop
  • plow
  • polio
  • poll
  • polo
  • pooh
  • pool
  • poop
  • poor
  • powwow
  • prior
  • prop
  • prow
  • prowl
R 2 words
  • roil
  • roll
W 10 words
  • whippoorwill
  • whippoorwill
  • whirlpool
  • whirlpool
  • whoop
  • whop
  • whorl
  • willow
  • woohoo
  • wool

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 17, 2022 uses the seven letters H, I, L, O, P, R, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 170 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 118 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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