Spelling Bee May 10, 2021 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
200
Pangrams
2
Genius score
140
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HUMBLED
- HUMBLED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
200 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bumble
- bumblebee
- bumbled
- bummed
- deem
- deemed
- dumb
- dumbbell
- dumbed
- dumdum
- embed
- embedded
- emblem
- helm
- helmed
- heme
- hemmed
- humble
- humbled
- humbled
- hummed
- meddle
- meddled
- meld
- melded
- melee
- meme
- memed
- muddle
- muddled
- mule
- mull
- mulled
- mumble
- mumbled
- muumuu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 10, 2021 uses the seven letters B, D, E, H, L, M, U, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 200 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.