Spelling Bee May 2, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
135
Pangrams
2
Genius score
94
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLAVORFUL
- FLAVORFUL
Rank thresholds
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
54 pts
40%
Amazing
67 pts
50%
Genius
94 pts
70%
Queen Bee
135 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- afoul
- afro
- alfalfa
- aloof
- fall
- falloff
- farro
- fava
- favor
- flavor
- flavorful
- flavorful
- floor
- flora
- floral
- flour
- fluff
- foal
- fool
- fora
- foul
- four
- froufrou
- full
- furl
- furor
- loaf
- loofa
- offal
- roof
- ruff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 2, 2022 uses the seven letters A, F, L, O, R, U, V, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 135 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 94 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.