Spelling Bee May 16, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
319
Pangrams
6
Genius score
223
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ILLEGIBILITY
- ILLEGIBILITY
- ELIGIBILITY
- ELIGIBILITY
- LEGIBILITY
- LEGIBILITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
223 pts
70%
Queen Bee
319 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beetle
- belie
- belittle
- bell
- belle
- belly
- belt
- bible
- bigly
- bile
- bilge
- bill
- billet
- billy
- eely
- elegy
- eligibility
- eligibility
- eligible
- eligibly
- elite
- eyelet
- gelee
- gelt
- giblet
- giggle
- giggly
- gill
- gilt
- glee
- glib
- glibly
- illegibility
- illegibility
- illegible
- illegibly
- illy
- leggy
- legibility
- legibility
- legible
- legibly
- legit
- libel
- libelee
- liege
- lilt
- lily
- lite
- little
- tell
- tile
- till
- tilt
- title
- tittle
- yell
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 16, 2020 uses the seven letters B, E, G, I, L, T, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 319 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 223 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.