Friday · 33 words

Spelling Bee May 20, 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: R

A
C
H
N
R
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

32

accepted entries

Total points

168

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

117

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • RAUNCHY
  • RAUNCHY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

67 pts

40%

Amazing

84 pts

50%

Genius

117 pts

70%

Queen Bee

168 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • accuracy
  • anarchy
  • arcana
  • arch
  • array
  • aura
C 13 words
  • canary
  • carny
  • carry
  • char
  • chary
  • church
  • churchy
  • churn
  • cranny
  • crunch
  • crunchy
  • curacy
  • curry
H 4 words
  • harry
  • hurrah
  • hurray
  • hurry
N 2 words
  • narc
  • nary
R 6 words
  • racy
  • ranch
  • raunch
  • raunchy
  • raunchy
  • runny
Y 1 word
  • yarn

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 20, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, H, N, R, U, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 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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