Spelling Bee May 28, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
113
Pangrams
2
Genius score
79
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMPLEX
- COMPLEX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
28 pts
25%
Great
45 pts
40%
Amazing
56 pts
50%
Genius
79 pts
70%
Queen Bee
113 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- cello
- clomp
- clop
- compel
- complex
- complex
- cool
- elope
- excel
- expel
- expellee
- loco
- loll
- lollop
- loom
- loop
- lope
- melee
- mole
- moll
- oleo
- peel
- people
- plop
- pole
- poll
- polo
- pomelo
- pommel
- pool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 28, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, L, M, O, P, X, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 113 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 79 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.