Spelling Bee May 26, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
249
Pangrams
4
Genius score
174
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PARANOID
- RAINDROP
- RAINDROP
- PARANOID
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
99 pts
40%
Amazing
124 pts
50%
Genius
174 pts
70%
Queen Bee
249 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airdrop
- andiron
- android
- anion
- apian
- aria
- arid
- dinar
- dino
- drain
- drip
- droid
- indoor
- inroad
- iron
- nadir
- naiad
- noir
- nonpaid
- nori
- onion
- opinion
- opioid
- ordain
- paid
- pain
- pair
- panini
- paranoia
- paranoid
- paranoid
- piano
- pinion
- pippin
- podia
- prior
- radian
- radii
- radio
- raid
- rain
- raindrop
- raindrop
- rani
- rapid
- rapini
- rind
- riparian
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 26, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, I, N, O, P, R, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 249 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 174 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.