Spelling Bee May 4, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
278
Pangrams
6
Genius score
194
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CRAPPING
- PRANCING
- PRANCING
- CRAPPING
- CARPING
- CARPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
111 pts
40%
Amazing
139 pts
50%
Genius
194 pts
70%
Queen Bee
278 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acing
- arcana
- arcing
- arnica
- caging
- cairn
- cancan
- caning
- canna
- canning
- capping
- caring
- carp
- carpi
- carping
- carping
- cigar
- circa
- cirri
- crag
- crania
- craning
- crap
- crapping
- crapping
- cringing
- gracing
- icing
- narc
- niacin
- pacing
- panic
- pica
- picnic
- prancing
- prancing
- priapic
- pricing
- racing
- ricin
- ricing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 4, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, N, P, R, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 278 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 194 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.