Tuesday · 26 words

Spelling Bee May 17, 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

A
B
C
F
I
K
L

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

25

accepted entries

Total points

134

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

93

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BACKFILL
  • BACKFILL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

33 pts

25%

Great

53 pts

40%

Amazing

67 pts

50%

Genius

93 pts

70%

Queen Bee

134 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • aback
  • alack
  • alkali
B 9 words
  • babka
  • back
  • backfill
  • backfill
  • balalaika
  • balk
  • bilk
  • black
  • blackball
C 3 words
  • callback
  • clack
  • click
F 4 words
  • fallback
  • flack
  • flak
  • flick
K 4 words
  • kick
  • kickback
  • kickball
  • kill
L 2 words
  • lack
  • lick

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 17, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, C, F, I, K, L, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 25 accepted words for a total of 134 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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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