Spelling Bee May 16, 2021 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
184
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GUFFAWING
- GUFFAWING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
73 pts
40%
Amazing
92 pts
50%
Genius
128 pts
70%
Queen Bee
184 pts
100%
All accepted words
- again
- aging
- angina
- awing
- awning
- fang
- fanning
- faun
- fauna
- fawn
- fawning
- gaff
- gaga
- gagging
- gain
- gaining
- gang
- ganging
- gauging
- gnaw
- gnawing
- guffaw
- guffawing
- guffawing
- iguana
- naan
- nagging
- naif
- nana
- wagging
- waging
- waif
- waning
- wanna
- wigwag
- wigwagging
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 16, 2021 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, N, U, W, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 184 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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.