Thursday · 34 words

Spelling Bee May 21, 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
G
I
R
T
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

148

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

103

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • GRAVITY
  • GRAVITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

37 pts

25%

Great

59 pts

40%

Amazing

74 pts

50%

Genius

103 pts

70%

Queen Bee

148 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • agar
  • agita
  • airy
  • aria
  • array
  • arty
  • atria
  • attar
  • avatar
  • aviary
G 6 words
  • gaga
  • gait
  • gravity
  • gravity
  • gravy
  • gray
R 6 words
  • raga
  • ragtag
  • raita
  • rarity
  • ratatat
  • ratty
T 9 words
  • taiga
  • tarry
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tatty
  • tiara
  • trait
  • tray
  • trivia
V 2 words
  • vagary
  • vary

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 21, 2020 uses the seven letters A, G, I, R, T, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 148 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 103 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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