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Spelling Bee May 19, 2020 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

A
D
G
L
N
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

62

accepted entries

Total points

247

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

172

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • GLANDULAR
  • GLANDULAR

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

61 pts

25%

Great

98 pts

40%

Amazing

123 pts

50%

Genius

172 pts

70%

Queen Bee

247 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 14 words
  • agar
  • alga
  • algal
  • anal
  • angular
  • annal
  • annual
  • annul
  • annular
  • arugula
  • augur
  • augural
  • aura
  • aural
D 6 words
  • dang
  • darn
  • drag
  • duad
  • dual
  • dullard
G 21 words
  • gaga
  • gala
  • gall
  • gang
  • gangland
  • garland
  • glad
  • gland
  • glandular
  • glandular
  • gnarl
  • grad
  • gradual
  • gran
  • grand
  • grandad
  • granddad
  • granular
  • guar
  • guard
  • gulag
L 9 words
  • laggard
  • land
  • landau
  • lard
  • laud
  • luau
  • luna
  • lunar
  • lunula
N 3 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • nana
R 6 words
  • radar
  • raga
  • raglan
  • rand
  • rang
  • rural
U 3 words
  • ulna
  • ulnar
  • ungag

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 19, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, G, L, N, R, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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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