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
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
139
Pangrams
2
Genius score
97
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ALCHEMY
- ALCHEMY
Rank thresholds
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
- acme
- ahem
- alchemy
- alchemy
- amyl
- calm
- calmly
- came
- camel
- chyme
- clam
- clammy
- emcee
- hammy
- helm
- heme
- lama
- lame
- lamella
- lamellae
- lamely
- lemma
- llama
- 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.