Spelling Bee May 14, 2026 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
126
Pangrams
2
Genius score
88
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BOOKMOBILE
- BOOKMOBILE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
50 pts
40%
Amazing
63 pts
50%
Genius
88 pts
70%
Queen Bee
126 pts
100%
All accepted words
- belie
- bible
- bike
- bile
- bilk
- bill
- biome
- boil
- bookie
- bookmobile
- bookmobile
- imbibe
- immobile
- kibble
- kill
- kilo
- libel
- libelee
- like
- limb
- limbo
- lime
- limo
- mike
- mile
- milk
- mill
- mime
- mimeo
- mobile
- moil
- olio
- ollie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 14, 2026 uses the seven letters B, E, I, K, L, M, O, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 126 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 88 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.