Spelling Bee May 13, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
187
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GRADUALLY
- GRADUALLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
187 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alga
- algal
- allay
- ally
- arugula
- augural
- aural
- aurally
- dally
- dryly
- dual
- dually
- dull
- dullard
- dully
- duly
- gala
- gall
- gayly
- glad
- gladly
- glug
- gradual
- gradually
- gradually
- gulag
- gull
- gully
- lady
- laggard
- laggardly
- laggy
- lallygag
- lard
- laud
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- rally
- rural
- rurally
- ugly
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 13, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, G, L, R, U, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.