Spelling Bee May 18, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
177
Pangrams
2
Genius score
123
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TRIBUTARY
- TRIBUTARY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
88 pts
50%
Genius
123 pts
70%
Queen Bee
177 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abut
- arbitrary
- arty
- atria
- attar
- bait
- barbarity
- batty
- brat
- bratty
- brut
- burrata
- butt
- itty
- rabbit
- raita
- rarity
- ratatat
- ratty
- ribbit
- rutty
- tabby
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tatty
- taut
- tiara
- tibia
- trait
- tray
- tributary
- tributary
- tuba
- tubby
- tutti
- tutu
- yurt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 18, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, I, R, T, U, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 177 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 123 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.