Thursday · 32 words

Spelling Bee May 14, 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: R

A
D
L
N
R
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

158

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

110

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LAUNDRY
  • LAUNDRY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

63 pts

40%

Amazing

79 pts

50%

Genius

110 pts

70%

Queen Bee

158 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • annular
  • annularly
  • array
  • aura
  • aural
  • aurally
D 6 words
  • darn
  • dray
  • dryad
  • dryland
  • dryly
  • dullard
L 5 words
  • lanyard
  • lard
  • laundry
  • laundry
  • lunar
N 1 word
  • nary
R 8 words
  • radar
  • rally
  • rand
  • randy
  • ruddy
  • runny
  • rural
  • rurally
U 3 words
  • ulnar
  • unary
  • unruly
Y 2 words
  • yard
  • yarn

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 14, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, L, N, R, U, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 158 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 110 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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