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Spelling Bee May 15, 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: M

A
C
G
I
M
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

327

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

228

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CAMPAIGNING
  • CAMPAIGNING
  • CAMPAIGN
  • CAMPAIGN
  • CAMPING
  • CAMPING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

49 pts

15%

Nice

81 pts

25%

Great

130 pts

40%

Amazing

163 pts

50%

Genius

228 pts

70%

Queen Bee

327 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • aiming
  • amping
  • anima
C 9 words
  • caiman
  • cami
  • camp
  • campaign
  • campaign
  • campaigning
  • campaigning
  • camping
  • camping
G 4 words
  • gamin
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gimp
I 4 words
  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
  • impinging
M 28 words
  • macing
  • magi
  • magic
  • magician
  • magma
  • maim
  • maiming
  • main
  • mama
  • mamma
  • managing
  • manga
  • mania
  • maniac
  • manic
  • manna
  • manning
  • mapping
  • mica
  • mimic
  • miming
  • mincing
  • mini
  • minicam
  • minicamp
  • minim
  • minima
  • mining
N 1 word
  • naming
P 4 words
  • pampa
  • panama
  • pimp
  • pimping

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 15, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, M, N, P, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 327 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 228 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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