Tuesday · 38 words

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

G
H
L
M
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

37

accepted entries

Total points

114

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

79

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MONTHLONG
  • MONTHLONG

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
G 6 words
  • glom
  • gloom
  • gong
  • googol
  • goon
  • goth
H 2 words
  • holt
  • hoot
L 7 words
  • logo
  • loll
  • long
  • loom
  • loon
  • loot
  • lotto
M 12 words
  • moll
  • molt
  • mono
  • monoglot
  • monolog
  • month
  • monthlong
  • monthlong
  • moon
  • moot
  • moth
  • motto
N 1 word
  • noon
O 2 words
  • onto
  • oolong
T 7 words
  • 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.

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

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