Spelling Bee May 12, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
243
Pangrams
2
Genius score
170
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INJECTED
- INJECTED
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
60 pts
25%
Great
97 pts
40%
Amazing
121 pts
50%
Genius
170 pts
70%
Queen Bee
243 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cent
- cite
- cited
- decedent
- deceit
- decent
- decide
- decided
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- deject
- dejected
- detect
- detected
- dice
- diced
- dietetic
- edict
- eidetic
- eject
- ejected
- entice
- enticed
- iced
- incidence
- incident
- incite
- incited
- indecent
- indict
- indicted
- inject
- injected
- injected
- nice
- niece
- tinct
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 12, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, J, N, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 243 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 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.