Spelling Bee March 5, 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
49
Total points
244
Pangrams
4
Genius score
170
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPOUNDED
- EXPOUNDED
- EXPOUND
- EXPOUND
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
97 pts
40%
Amazing
122 pts
50%
Genius
170 pts
70%
Queen Bee
244 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deep
- deepen
- deepened
- depend
- depended
- dope
- doped
- dupe
- duped
- epee
- epode
- expend
- expended
- expo
- expound
- expound
- expounded
- expounded
- nope
- open
- opened
- peed
- peen
- peep
- peeped
- pend
- pended
- penne
- penned
- peon
- pepped
- pond
- pone
- poop
- pooped
- pope
- popped
- pound
- pounded
- punned
- unopen
- unopened
- unpen
- unpenned
- updo
- upend
- upended
- upon
- upped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, March 5, 2022 uses the seven letters D, E, N, O, P, U, X, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 244 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 170 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.