Spelling Bee May 15, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
130
Pangrams
2
Genius score
91
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HICKORY
- HICKORY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
32 pts
25%
Great
52 pts
40%
Amazing
65 pts
50%
Genius
91 pts
70%
Queen Bee
130 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chic
- chichi
- chick
- chicory
- chock
- choir
- choky
- cirri
- cocci
- cock
- cocky
- coho
- cook
- cork
- crick
- croc
- croci
- crock
- crook
- hick
- hickory
- hickory
- hock
- hooch
- icky
- kick
- kicky
- rich
- rick
- rock
- rocky
- rococo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 15, 2020 uses the seven letters C, H, I, K, O, R, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 130 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 91 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.