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Spelling Bee May 21, 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: M

A
J
L
M
O
R
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

183

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

128

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MAJORLY
  • MAJORLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

45 pts

25%

Great

73 pts

40%

Amazing

91 pts

50%

Genius

128 pts

70%

Queen Bee

183 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • alarm
  • ammo
  • amoral
  • amorally
  • amyl
  • armor
  • armory
  • army
  • aroma
L 5 words
  • lama
  • llama
  • loam
  • loamy
  • loom
M 25 words
  • major
  • majorly
  • majorly
  • mall
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • mammary
  • marjoram
  • marm
  • marry
  • mayo
  • mayor
  • mayoral
  • mojo
  • molar
  • moll
  • molly
  • momma
  • mommy
  • moola
  • moor
  • moral
  • morally
  • moray
R 3 words
  • roam
  • room
  • roomy

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 21, 2021 uses the seven letters A, J, L, M, O, R, Y, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 183 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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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