Spelling Bee May 12, 2020 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
114
Pangrams
2
Genius score
79
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MONTHLONG
- MONTHLONG
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
28 pts
25%
Great
45 pts
40%
Amazing
57 pts
50%
Genius
79 pts
70%
Queen Bee
114 pts
100%
All accepted words
- glom
- gloom
- gong
- googol
- goon
- goth
- holt
- hoot
- logo
- loll
- long
- loom
- loon
- loot
- lotto
- moll
- molt
- mono
- monoglot
- monolog
- month
- monthlong
- monthlong
- moon
- moot
- moth
- motto
- noon
- onto
- oolong
- thong
- toll
- tong
- tool
- toon
- toot
- tooth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 12, 2020 uses the seven letters G, H, L, M, N, O, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 114 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 79 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.