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Spelling Bee May 21, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: G

A
C
D
E
G
H
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

36

accepted entries

Total points

177

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

123

70% of total

Center letter

G

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHANGED
  • CHANGED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

26 pts

15%

Nice

44 pts

25%

Great

70 pts

40%

Amazing

88 pts

50%

Genius

123 pts

70%

Queen Bee

177 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • adage
  • aged
  • agenda
C 7 words
  • cadge
  • cadged
  • cage
  • caged
  • change
  • changed
  • changed
D 1 word
  • dang
E 10 words
  • edge
  • edged
  • egad
  • egged
  • egghead
  • eggheaded
  • encage
  • encaged
  • engage
  • engaged
G 9 words
  • gadded
  • gaga
  • gage
  • gagged
  • ganache
  • gang
  • ganged
  • gene
  • ghee
H 5 words
  • hang
  • hanged
  • hedge
  • hedged
  • henge
N 1 word
  • nagged

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 21, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, G, H, N, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 177 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 123 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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