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Spelling Bee November 20, 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: B

B
E
I
L
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

247

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

172

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EBULLIENT
  • EBULLIENT
  • BULLETIN
  • BULLETIN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

61 pts

25%

Great

98 pts

40%

Amazing

123 pts

50%

Genius

172 pts

70%

Queen Bee

247 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 33 words
  • beeline
  • been
  • beet
  • beetle
  • belie
  • belittle
  • bell
  • belle
  • belt
  • beltline
  • bent
  • betel
  • bible
  • bile
  • bill
  • billet
  • bite
  • bitten
  • blin
  • blini
  • blue
  • bluebell
  • blunt
  • bubble
  • built
  • bulb
  • bull
  • bullet
  • bulletin
  • bulletin
  • bunt
  • butt
  • butte
E 2 words
  • ebullient
  • ebullient
I 1 word
  • inbuilt
L 3 words
  • libel
  • libelee
  • lube
N 4 words
  • nibble
  • nubbin
  • nubble
  • nubile
T 2 words
  • tube
  • tubule
U 3 words
  • unbelt
  • unbent
  • unbuilt

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, November 20, 2022 uses the seven letters B, E, I, L, N, T, U, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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