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for NYT Spelling Bee — Saturday, August 20, 2022

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — August 20, 2022

BCEHLYA
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams2 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
48
words
185
total points
129
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 185 pts
Genius 129 pts
Amazing 92 pts
Great 74 pts
Nice 46 pts
Solid 27 pts
Good 14 pts
Moving Up 9 pts
Good Start 3 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

2 words use all 7 letters.

1BELLYACHE
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Words by length
21
4-letter
14
5-letter
8
6-letter
2
7-letter
2
8-letter
1
9-letter
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Words by first letter

Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.

A
10 words
B
15 words
C
11 words
E
2 words
H
5 words
L
4 words
Y
1 word
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All 48 words
ABBACY6pt
ABBEY5pt
ABLE1pt
ABLY1pt
ACHE1pt
ACHY1pt
ALLAY5pt
ALLELE6pt
ALLEY5pt
ALLY1pt
BABA1pt
BABBLE6pt
BABE1pt
BABEL5pt
BABY1pt
BALE1pt
BALL1pt
BEACH5pt
BEACHY6pt
BELAY5pt
BELLYACHE16pt
BLAB1pt
BLABBY6pt
BLAH1pt
BLEACH6pt
CABAL5pt
CABALA6pt
CABBY5pt
CABLE5pt
CACHE5pt
CALL1pt
CALLA5pt
CALLABLE8pt
CHALLAH7pt
CLAY1pt
CLAYEY6pt
EACH1pt
EYEBALL7pt
HALAL5pt
HALE1pt
HALL1pt
HEAL1pt
HEALABLE8pt
LABEL5pt
LACE1pt
LACY1pt
LEACH5pt
YEAH1pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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