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
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
148
Pangrams
2
Genius score
103
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GRAVITY
- GRAVITY
Rank thresholds
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
- agar
- agita
- airy
- aria
- array
- arty
- atria
- attar
- avatar
- aviary
- gaga
- gait
- gravity
- gravity
- gravy
- gray
- raga
- ragtag
- raita
- rarity
- ratatat
- ratty
- taiga
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tatty
- tiara
- trait
- tray
- trivia
- 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.