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Spelling Bee May 13, 2022 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: K

C
D
E
K
L
O
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

32

accepted entries

Total points

144

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

100

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WEDLOCK
  • WEDLOCK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

57 pts

40%

Amazing

72 pts

50%

Genius

100 pts

70%

Queen Bee

144 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 11 words
  • clock
  • clocked
  • cock
  • cocked
  • cockle
  • coke
  • coked
  • coldcock
  • coldcocked
  • cook
  • cooked
D 7 words
  • deck
  • decked
  • deckle
  • deke
  • deked
  • dock
  • docked
E 1 word
  • eked
K 3 words
  • keel
  • keeled
  • kook
L 5 words
  • leek
  • lock
  • locked
  • look
  • looked
W 5 words
  • wedlock
  • wedlock
  • week
  • woke
  • woodcock

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 13, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, K, L, O, W, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 144 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 100 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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