Spelling Bee May 18, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
254
Pangrams
4
Genius score
177
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INFLICTION
- INFLICTION
- CONFLICT
- CONFLICT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
127 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
254 pts
100%
All accepted words
- clinic
- cocoon
- coffin
- coin
- colon
- colonic
- concoct
- concoction
- confit
- conflict
- conflict
- conic
- cotillion
- cotton
- fiction
- finito
- flint
- font
- icon
- iconic
- infill
- inflict
- infliction
- infliction
- info
- into
- ionic
- lint
- lion
- loin
- loon
- lotion
- nonfiction
- nonillion
- noon
- notion
- octillion
- onion
- onto
- tinct
- tinfoil
- tint
- tonic
- toon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 18, 2022 uses the seven letters C, F, I, L, N, O, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 254 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.