Spelling Bee May 16, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
79
Total points
489
Pangrams
6
Genius score
342
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GALLIVANTING
- GALLIVANTING
- GALLIVANT
- GALLIVANT
- VIGILANT
- VIGILANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
9 pts
2%
Moving Up
24 pts
5%
Good
39 pts
8%
Solid
73 pts
15%
Nice
122 pts
25%
Great
195 pts
40%
Amazing
244 pts
50%
Genius
342 pts
70%
Queen Bee
489 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ailing
- alga
- algal
- align
- aligning
- alit
- anal
- angling
- annal
- anvil
- atilt
- avail
- availing
- gala
- galangal
- gall
- gallant
- galling
- gallivant
- gallivant
- gallivanting
- gallivanting
- ganglia
- gangling
- giggling
- gill
- gilling
- gilt
- glia
- glint
- glinting
- initial
- initialing
- lagging
- lain
- lanai
- lantana
- lava
- laving
- ligating
- lilt
- lilting
- lining
- lint
- litigant
- litigating
- living
- nail
- nailing
- natal
- naval
- niggling
- tail
- tailgating
- tailing
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tangling
- tattling
- tiling
- till
- tilling
- tilt
- tilting
- tingling
- titillating
- vagal
- vaginal
- valiant
- vanilla
- vanillin
- vial
- vigil
- vigilant
- vigilant
- villa
- villain
- vital
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 16, 2024 uses the seven letters A, G, I, L, N, T, V, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 79 accepted words for a total of 489 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 342 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.