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Spelling Bee Answers for June 30, 2022

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words48
Pangrams1
Points possible218
Center letterV
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published June 30, 2022·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

AI
LVB
EN

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
18 pts
Good
33 pts
Solid
55 pts
Nice
88 pts
Great
109 pts
Amazing
153 pts
Genius
186 pts
Queen Bee
218 pts
Total words
48
Pangrams
1
Possible points
218

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
enviable +15 pts

The full word list

All 48 valid Spelling Bee solutions for June 30, 2022, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters17 words
eaveevenevillavalavelivenavevainvalevanevealveilveinvialvibevilevine
5 letters15 words
aliveanvilavailavianbevelleaveleveelevellivennaivenavalnavelvalvevenalvilla
6 letters4 words
elevenleavenvenialviable
7 letters6 words
believebivalveenlivenlivablevanillavillain
8 letters3 words
enviableliveablevanillin
9 letters1 word
available
10 letters2 words
believablevillanelle

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

enviable +15believable +10villanelle +10available +9liveable +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for June 30, 2022 has 48 valid words for a total of 218 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 186 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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