Spelling Bee May 7, 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
76
Total points
433
Pangrams
6
Genius score
303
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ACCLIMATE
- ACCLIMATE
- METALLIC
- METALLIC
- CLIMATE
- CLIMATE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
21 pts
5%
Good
34 pts
8%
Solid
64 pts
15%
Nice
108 pts
25%
Great
173 pts
40%
Amazing
216 pts
50%
Genius
303 pts
70%
Queen Bee
433 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acclaim
- acclimate
- acclimate
- acetal
- acetate
- acetic
- acme
- attic
- cacti
- calcite
- call
- calla
- calm
- came
- camel
- camellia
- cami
- catcall
- cattail
- cattle
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- cellmate
- cilia
- cite
- claim
- clam
- cleat
- climactic
- climate
- climate
- climatic
- clime
- eclat
- eclectic
- elect
- electee
- elicit
- emaciate
- emcee
- emetic
- icicle
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
- lace
- lactate
- lacteal
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- lattice
- lice
- licit
- lilac
- mace
- malic
- malice
- mecca
- metallic
- metallic
- mica
- mice
- mimetic
- mimic
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tactile
- talc
- titmice
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 7, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, L, M, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 76 accepted words for a total of 433 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 303 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.