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Spelling Bee May 2, 2020 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
I
M
N
P
R
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

173

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

121

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MARZIPAN
  • MARZIPAN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

43 pts

25%

Great

69 pts

40%

Amazing

86 pts

50%

Genius

121 pts

70%

Queen Bee

173 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • airman
  • anima
  • apian
  • aria
I 2 words
  • imam
  • impair
M 12 words
  • maim
  • main
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mania
  • manna
  • marina
  • marinara
  • marm
  • marzipan
  • marzipan
  • minima
N 2 words
  • naan
  • nana
P 12 words
  • pain
  • pair
  • pampa
  • panama
  • panini
  • papa
  • paparazzi
  • piazza
  • pizazz
  • pizza
  • pizzazz
  • pram
R 6 words
  • rain
  • ramp
  • rani
  • rapini
  • razz
  • riparian
Z 1 word
  • zinnia

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 2, 2020 uses the seven letters A, I, M, N, P, R, Z, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 173 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 121 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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