Wednesday · 46 words

Spelling Bee May 15, 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: P

A
F
I
L
N
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

45

accepted entries

Total points

234

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

163

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PLAINTIFF
  • PLAINTIFF
  • FLIPPANT
  • FLIPPANT

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

35 pts

15%

Nice

58 pts

25%

Great

93 pts

40%

Amazing

117 pts

50%

Genius

163 pts

70%

Queen Bee

234 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • apian
  • appall
F 5 words
  • fillip
  • flap
  • flip
  • flippant
  • flippant
I 1 word
  • inapt
P 35 words
  • pail
  • pain
  • paint
  • palapa
  • palatal
  • palatial
  • pall
  • palp
  • panini
  • pant
  • papa
  • papal
  • papilla
  • patina
  • pfft
  • pilaf
  • pill
  • pinata
  • pint
  • pintail
  • pipit
  • pippin
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • pitfall
  • plain
  • plaint
  • plaintiff
  • plaintiff
  • plait
  • plan
  • plant
  • plantain
  • plat
  • pliant
T 2 words
  • tapa
  • tilapia

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 15, 2024 uses the seven letters A, F, I, L, N, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 234 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 163 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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