Spelling Bee May 15, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
69
Total points
319
Pangrams
2
Genius score
223
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MEDITATIVE
- MEDITATIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
223 pts
70%
Queen Bee
319 pts
100%
All accepted words
- admit
- admitted
- aimed
- amid
- dame
- dammed
- dammit
- deem
- deemed
- demit
- demitted
- diadem
- dime
- dimmed
- edamame
- edema
- emit
- emitted
- imam
- imitate
- imitated
- imitative
- immediate
- item
- madam
- madame
- made
- maid
- maim
- maimed
- mama
- mamma
- mate
- mated
- matte
- matted
- mead
- meat
- media
- mediate
- mediated
- meditate
- meditated
- meditative
- meditative
- meet
- meme
- memed
- meta
- metadata
- mete
- meted
- midi
- mime
- mimed
- mite
- mitt
- tame
- tamed
- tatami
- team
- teamed
- teammate
- teatime
- teem
- teemed
- time
- timed
- timid
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 15, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, E, I, M, T, V, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 69 accepted words for a total of 319 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 223 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.