Thursday · 42 words

Spelling Bee May 20, 2021 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

H
I
L
M
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

41

accepted entries

Total points

157

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

109

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MILLIONTH
  • MILLIONTH
  • MONOLITH
  • MONOLITH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

78 pts

50%

Genius

109 pts

70%

Queen Bee

157 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
H 4 words
  • hilt
  • hint
  • holt
  • hoot
I 1 word
  • into
L 7 words
  • lilt
  • limit
  • lint
  • litho
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto
M 13 words
  • millionth
  • millionth
  • mint
  • mitt
  • molt
  • monolith
  • monolith
  • month
  • moonlit
  • moot
  • moth
  • motion
  • motto
N 2 words
  • ninth
  • notion
O 2 words
  • omit
  • onto
T 12 words
  • thin
  • till
  • tilt
  • tilth
  • tint
  • toil
  • toll
  • tomtit
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 20, 2021 uses the seven letters H, I, L, M, N, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 157 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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