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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

A
C
E
I
L
M
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

76

accepted entries

Total points

433

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

303

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ACCLIMATE
  • ACCLIMATE
  • METALLIC
  • METALLIC
  • CLIMATE
  • CLIMATE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acclaim
  • acclimate
  • acclimate
  • acetal
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • acme
  • attic
C 26 words
  • 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
E 8 words
  • eclat
  • eclectic
  • elect
  • electee
  • elicit
  • emaciate
  • emcee
  • emetic
I 4 words
  • icicle
  • iliac
  • illicit
  • italic
L 10 words
  • lace
  • lactate
  • lacteal
  • lactic
  • laic
  • laical
  • lattice
  • lice
  • licit
  • lilac
M 10 words
  • mace
  • malic
  • malice
  • mecca
  • metallic
  • metallic
  • mica
  • mice
  • mimetic
  • mimic
T 8 words
  • 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.

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

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