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Spelling Bee Answers for May 29, 2022

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

Words46
Pangrams2
Points possible240
Center letterY
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published May 29, 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.

EB
AYL
DT

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
20 pts
Good
36 pts
Solid
60 pts
Nice
96 pts
Great
120 pts
Amazing
168 pts
Genius
204 pts
Queen Bee
240 pts
Total words
46
Pangrams
2
Possible points
240

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 2 pangrams
debatably +16 ptsbelatedly +16 pts

The full word list

All 46 valid Spelling Bee solutions for May 29, 2022, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters11 words
ablyallybabybytedyaddyededdyeelyeyedladyyell
5 letters16 words
abbeyallayalleybadlybattybayedbeadybelaybellydaddydallydelaytabbytallytattyteddy
6 letters7 words
baldlyblabbydaybeddeadlyeyeletlatelyyelled
7 letters7 words
allayedbelayeddeadeyedelayeddyeableeyeballlayette
8 letters1 word
elatedly
9 letters4 words
belatedlydebatablydelayableeyeballed

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.

belatedly +16debatably +16delayable +9eyeballed +9elatedly +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for May 29, 2022 has 46 valid words for a total of 240 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 204 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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