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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

A
B
I
R
T
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

177

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

123

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TRIBUTARY
  • TRIBUTARY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • abut
  • arbitrary
  • arty
  • atria
  • attar
B 8 words
  • bait
  • barbarity
  • batty
  • brat
  • bratty
  • brut
  • burrata
  • butt
I 1 word
  • itty
R 7 words
  • rabbit
  • raita
  • rarity
  • ratatat
  • ratty
  • ribbit
  • rutty
T 16 words
  • tabby
  • tarry
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tatty
  • taut
  • tiara
  • tibia
  • trait
  • tray
  • tributary
  • tributary
  • tuba
  • tubby
  • tutti
  • tutu
Y 1 word
  • 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.

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

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