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Spelling Bee May 14, 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: N

A
C
D
I
M
N
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

43

accepted entries

Total points

217

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

151

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DYNAMIC
  • DYNAMIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

17 pts

8%

Solid

32 pts

15%

Nice

54 pts

25%

Great

86 pts

40%

Amazing

108 pts

50%

Genius

151 pts

70%

Queen Bee

217 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • adamancy
  • adman
  • admin
  • anima
C 12 words
  • caiman
  • cancan
  • candid
  • candidacy
  • candy
  • candyman
  • canid
  • canna
  • canny
  • cayman
  • cyan
  • cynic
D 4 words
  • damn
  • dandy
  • dynamic
  • dynamic
I 2 words
  • indica
  • indicia
M 14 words
  • madman
  • main
  • mania
  • maniac
  • manic
  • manna
  • many
  • mind
  • mini
  • minicam
  • minim
  • minima
  • minyan
  • myna
N 7 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • naiad
  • nana
  • nanny
  • niacin
  • ninny

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 14, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, M, N, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 217 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 151 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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