Spelling Bee May 11, 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
32
Total points
182
Pangrams
2
Genius score
127
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHAPPING
- CHAPPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
91 pts
50%
Genius
127 pts
70%
Queen Bee
182 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apian
- aping
- capping
- chap
- chapping
- chapping
- chip
- chipping
- gaping
- napping
- nipping
- pacing
- pagan
- paging
- pain
- paining
- pang
- panic
- panini
- panning
- papa
- pica
- picnic
- pigging
- pinch
- pinching
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- piping
- pippin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 11, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, G, H, I, N, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 182 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 127 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.