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Spelling Bee Answers for February 11, 2022

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

Words50
Pangrams1
Points possible189
Center letterM
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published February 11, 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.

AL
EMB
ZO

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
16 pts
Good
29 pts
Solid
48 pts
Nice
76 pts
Great
95 pts
Amazing
133 pts
Genius
161 pts
Queen Bee
189 pts
Total words
50
Pangrams
1
Possible points
189

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
bamboozle +16 pts

The full word list

All 50 valid Spelling Bee solutions for February 11, 2022, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters22 words
ammobalmbeamblambombboomlamalamblameloamloommalemallmamamazemealmemememomezemolemollzoom
5 letters17 words
abeamamazeambleamebablamebloombombelemmallamamambamambomammameleemezzemezzomommamoola
6 letters7 words
abloomamebaeamoebabambooembalmemblemmammal
7 letters1 word
amoebae
8 letters1 word
embezzle
9 letters2 words
bamboozlemalleable

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.

bamboozle +16malleable +9embezzle +8amoebae +7abloom +6

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for February 11, 2022 has 50 valid words for a total of 189 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 161 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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