Spelling Bee May 12, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
285
Pangrams
4
Genius score
199
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLEMENTINE
- CLEMENTINE
- INCLEMENT
- INCLEMENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
114 pts
40%
Amazing
142 pts
50%
Genius
199 pts
70%
Queen Bee
285 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cement
- clement
- clementine
- clementine
- clime
- element
- emcee
- emetic
- eminence
- eminent
- emit
- enticement
- entitlement
- icemen
- imminence
- imminent
- incitement
- inclement
- inclement
- item
- lime
- limit
- limn
- linemen
- liniment
- meet
- melee
- melt
- meme
- mentee
- mete
- mettle
- mice
- mien
- mile
- mill
- millet
- mime
- mimetic
- mimic
- mince
- mine
- mini
- minim
- mint
- mite
- mitt
- mitten
- teem
- tenement
- time
- timeline
- titmice
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 12, 2024 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, M, N, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 285 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 199 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.