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Spelling Bee November 22, 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: K

A
B
D
E
K
L
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

240

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

168

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • KNEADABLE
  • KNEADABLE
  • BLANKED
  • BLANKED

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

36 pts

15%

Nice

60 pts

25%

Great

96 pts

40%

Amazing

120 pts

50%

Genius

168 pts

70%

Queen Bee

240 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • alkane
  • alkene
  • ankle
B 14 words
  • babka
  • bake
  • baked
  • balk
  • balked
  • bank
  • bankable
  • banked
  • beak
  • beaked
  • blank
  • blanked
  • blanked
  • bleak
D 3 words
  • dank
  • deke
  • deked
E 1 word
  • eked
K 18 words
  • kale
  • kebab
  • keel
  • keeled
  • keen
  • keened
  • kennel
  • kenneled
  • knead
  • kneadable
  • kneadable
  • kneaded
  • knee
  • kneed
  • kneel
  • kneeled
  • knell
  • knelled
L 6 words
  • lake
  • lakebed
  • lank
  • leak
  • leaked
  • leek
N 2 words
  • naked
  • nankeen

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, November 22, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, D, E, K, L, N, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 240 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 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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