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Spelling Bee May 1, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: Y

A
E
M
N
P
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

142

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

99

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PAYMENT
  • PAYMENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

35 pts

25%

Great

56 pts

40%

Amazing

71 pts

50%

Genius

99 pts

70%

Queen Bee

142 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 2 words
  • empty
  • enemy
M 5 words
  • many
  • matey
  • meany
  • meaty
  • myna
N 3 words
  • nanny
  • natty
  • netty
P 11 words
  • panty
  • papaya
  • pappy
  • patty
  • payee
  • payment
  • payment
  • peaty
  • penny
  • peppy
  • petty
T 3 words
  • tatty
  • teeny
  • type
Y 3 words
  • yappy
  • yenta
  • yente

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 1, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, M, N, P, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 142 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 99 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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