Tuesday · 42 words

Spelling Bee May 14, 2024 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: D

D
E
F
H
I
M
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

41

accepted entries

Total points

231

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

161

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DEHUMIDIFIED
  • DEHUMIDIFIED
  • HUMIDIFIED
  • HUMIDIFIED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

57 pts

25%

Great

92 pts

40%

Amazing

115 pts

50%

Genius

161 pts

70%

Queen Bee

231 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 15 words
  • deed
  • deeded
  • deem
  • deemed
  • defied
  • dehumidified
  • dehumidified
  • deified
  • died
  • dime
  • dimmed
  • dude
  • duff
  • dumdum
  • dummied
E 2 words
  • eddied
  • edified
F 5 words
  • feed
  • feud
  • feuded
  • fifed
  • fumed
H 11 words
  • heed
  • heeded
  • hemmed
  • hide
  • hied
  • hued
  • huffed
  • humid
  • humidified
  • humidified
  • hummed
M 8 words
  • medium
  • memed
  • midi
  • miffed
  • mimed
  • muddied
  • muffed
  • mummified

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 14, 2024 uses the seven letters D, E, F, H, I, M, U, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 231 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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