Tuesday · 35 words

Spelling Bee May 18, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: A

A
C
J
L
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

155

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

108

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • JOCULAR
  • JOCULAR

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

38 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

77 pts

50%

Genius

108 pts

70%

Queen Bee

155 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • accrual
  • ajar
  • arco
  • aura
  • aural
  • aurora
  • auroral
C 16 words
  • cacao
  • call
  • calla
  • callaloo
  • carol
  • caul
  • cloaca
  • coal
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • cola
  • collar
  • coral
  • corolla
  • corral
  • curacao
J 2 words
  • jocular
  • jocular
L 2 words
  • local
  • luau
O 4 words
  • ocular
  • oracular
  • oral
  • orca
R 3 words
  • raja
  • roar
  • rural

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 18, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, J, L, O, R, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 155 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 108 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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