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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

C
E
L
M
O
P
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

113

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

79

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • COMPLEX
  • COMPLEX

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • cell
  • cello
  • clomp
  • clop
  • compel
  • complex
  • complex
  • cool
E 4 words
  • elope
  • excel
  • expel
  • expellee
L 6 words
  • loco
  • loll
  • lollop
  • loom
  • loop
  • lope
M 3 words
  • melee
  • mole
  • moll
O 1 word
  • oleo
P 9 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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