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Spelling Bee May 24, 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

A
C
D
E
G
H
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

253

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

177

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHANGED
  • CHANGED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

63 pts

25%

Great

101 pts

40%

Amazing

126 pts

50%

Genius

177 pts

70%

Queen Bee

253 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • acne
  • addend
  • addenda
  • agenda
C 11 words
  • cadence
  • cancan
  • cane
  • caned
  • canna
  • canned
  • chance
  • chanced
  • change
  • changed
  • changed
D 7 words
  • dance
  • danced
  • dang
  • deaden
  • deadened
  • dean
  • decadence
E 8 words
  • encage
  • encaged
  • ended
  • engage
  • engaged
  • enhance
  • enhanced
  • ennead
G 4 words
  • ganache
  • gang
  • ganged
  • gene
H 8 words
  • hand
  • handed
  • hang
  • hanged
  • hence
  • henge
  • henna
  • hennaed
N 7 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • nagged
  • nana
  • need
  • needed
  • nene

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 24, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, G, H, N, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 253 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 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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