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Spelling Bee May 23, 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: A

A
D
F
L
M
N
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

151

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

105

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FARMLAND
  • FARMLAND

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

37 pts

25%

Great

60 pts

40%

Amazing

75 pts

50%

Genius

105 pts

70%

Queen Bee

151 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • adman
  • afar
  • alarm
  • alfalfa
  • anal
  • annal
  • armada
D 4 words
  • damn
  • darn
  • dram
  • drama
F 6 words
  • fall
  • farad
  • farm
  • farmland
  • farmland
  • flan
L 5 words
  • lama
  • land
  • landfall
  • lard
  • llama
M 10 words
  • madam
  • madman
  • mall
  • mallard
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • mandala
  • manna
  • marm
N 3 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • nana
R 3 words
  • radar
  • ramada
  • rand

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 23, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, F, L, M, N, R, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 151 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 105 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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