Spelling Bee May 9, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
141
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BACKYARD
- BACKYARD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
141 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aback
- abbacy
- abracadabra
- array
- baba
- babka
- baby
- back
- backyard
- backyard
- barb
- bard
- bark
- barrack
- brad
- bray
- cabby
- caddy
- caky
- carb
- card
- carry
- crab
- crabby
- crack
- crybaby
- daddy
- dark
- drab
- dray
- dryad
- dyad
- kayak
- rack
- racy
- radar
- yard
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 9, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, C, D, K, R, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 141 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.