Spelling Bee March 31, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
137
Pangrams
2
Genius score
95
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHIEFLY
- CHIEFLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
54 pts
40%
Amazing
68 pts
50%
Genius
95 pts
70%
Queen Bee
137 pts
100%
All accepted words
- celli
- chic
- chichi
- chicle
- chicly
- chief
- chiefly
- chiefly
- chili
- chill
- chilly
- cicely
- cliche
- cliff
- cyclic
- fiche
- fief
- fife
- filch
- file
- fill
- filly
- hill
- hilly
- icicle
- icily
- iffy
- illy
- lice
- life
- lily
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 31, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, F, H, I, L, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 137 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 95 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.