Spelling Bee May 12, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
107
Pangrams
2
Genius score
74
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- JACKPOT
- JACKPOT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
26 pts
25%
Great
42 pts
40%
Amazing
53 pts
50%
Genius
74 pts
70%
Queen Bee
107 pts
100%
All accepted words
- attack
- cacao
- capo
- coact
- coat
- coca
- cock
- cockapoo
- cockatoo
- cocoa
- cook
- cooktop
- coop
- coopt
- coot
- jack
- jackpot
- jackpot
- jock
- pack
- pact
- pock
- tack
- taco
- tact
- toccata
- tock
- topcoat
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 12, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, J, K, O, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 107 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 74 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.