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
Puzzle stats
Total words
62
Total points
247
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GLANDULAR
- GLANDULAR
Rank thresholds
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
- agar
- alga
- algal
- anal
- angular
- annal
- annual
- annul
- annular
- arugula
- augur
- augural
- aura
- aural
- dang
- darn
- drag
- duad
- dual
- dullard
- gaga
- gala
- gall
- gang
- gangland
- garland
- glad
- gland
- glandular
- glandular
- gnarl
- grad
- gradual
- gran
- grand
- grandad
- granddad
- granular
- guar
- guard
- gulag
- laggard
- land
- landau
- lard
- laud
- luau
- luna
- lunar
- lunula
- naan
- nada
- nana
- radar
- raga
- raglan
- rand
- rang
- rural
- 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.