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Spelling Bee Answers for November 28, 2022

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

Words36
Pangrams1
Points possible178
Center letterE
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published November 28, 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.

LN
IEC
GX

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
15 pts
Good
27 pts
Solid
45 pts
Nice
72 pts
Great
89 pts
Amazing
125 pts
Genius
152 pts
Queen Bee
178 pts
Total words
36
Pangrams
1
Possible points
178

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
excelling +16 pts

The full word list

All 36 valid Spelling Bee solutions for November 28, 2022, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters11 words
cellexecgenegleeglenlicelienlinenenenicenine
5 letters10 words
celliexcelexilegeleegeniegeniiinnieliegelinenniece
6 letters5 words
eggingenginegiggleicicleniggle
7 letters5 words
ceilingexilinggellinginclinelegging
8 letters2 words
leniencenegligee
9 letters1 word
excelling
10 letters2 words
excellencenegligence

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.

excelling +16excellence +10negligence +10lenience +8negligee +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for November 28, 2022 has 36 valid words for a total of 178 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 152 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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