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
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
183
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MAJORLY
- MAJORLY
Rank thresholds
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
- alarm
- ammo
- amoral
- amorally
- amyl
- armor
- armory
- army
- aroma
- lama
- llama
- loam
- loamy
- loom
- 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
- 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.