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
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
327
Pangrams
6
Genius score
228
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CAMPAIGNING
- CAMPAIGNING
- CAMPAIGN
- CAMPAIGN
- CAMPING
- CAMPING
Rank thresholds
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
- aiming
- amping
- anima
- caiman
- cami
- camp
- campaign
- campaign
- campaigning
- campaigning
- camping
- camping
- gamin
- gaming
- gamma
- gimp
- imaging
- imagining
- imam
- impinging
- 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
- naming
- 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.