Thursday · 36 words

Spelling Bee May 13, 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: M

A
C
E
H
L
M
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

139

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

97

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ALCHEMY
  • ALCHEMY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

34 pts

25%

Great

55 pts

40%

Amazing

69 pts

50%

Genius

97 pts

70%

Queen Bee

139 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • acme
  • ahem
  • alchemy
  • alchemy
  • amyl
C 7 words
  • calm
  • calmly
  • came
  • camel
  • chyme
  • clam
  • clammy
E 1 word
  • emcee
H 3 words
  • hammy
  • helm
  • heme
L 7 words
  • lama
  • lame
  • lamella
  • lamellae
  • lamely
  • lemma
  • llama
M 12 words
  • mace
  • male
  • mall
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • mayhem
  • meal
  • mealy
  • mecca
  • melee
  • meme

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 13, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, L, M, Y, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 139 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 97 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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