Spelling Bee May 11, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
206
Pangrams
2
Genius score
144
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXACTABLE
- EXACTABLE
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
51 pts
25%
Great
82 pts
40%
Amazing
103 pts
50%
Genius
144 pts
70%
Queen Bee
206 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abate
- abet
- abettal
- ablate
- able
- baba
- babble
- babe
- babel
- bale
- ball
- ballet
- bate
- battle
- battleax
- battleaxe
- beat
- beatable
- beet
- beetle
- bell
- belle
- belt
- beta
- betel
- blab
- blat
- bleat
- cabal
- cabala
- cable
- callable
- celeb
- eatable
- electable
- exactable
- exactable
- label
- tabla
- table
- tablet
- taxable
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 11, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, L, T, X, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 206 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 144 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.