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Spelling Bee May 11, 2024 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: A

A
C
D
E
J
N
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

225

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

157

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ADJACENCY
  • ADJACENCY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

33 pts

15%

Nice

56 pts

25%

Great

90 pts

40%

Amazing

112 pts

50%

Genius

157 pts

70%

Queen Bee

225 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • accede
  • acceded
  • aced
  • acne
  • added
  • addend
  • addenda
  • adjacency
  • adjacency
C 11 words
  • caddy
  • cadence
  • cancan
  • candy
  • cane
  • caned
  • canna
  • canned
  • canny
  • cayenne
  • cyan
D 16 words
  • daddy
  • dance
  • danced
  • dandy
  • dead
  • deaden
  • deadened
  • deadeye
  • dean
  • decade
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decayed
  • deejay
  • deejayed
  • dyad
E 1 word
  • ennead
J 3 words
  • jade
  • jaded
  • jean
N 4 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • nana
  • nanny

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 11, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, J, N, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 225 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 157 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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