Spelling Bee May 22, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
150
Pangrams
2
Genius score
105
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BLOODBATH
- BLOODBATH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
60 pts
40%
Amazing
75 pts
50%
Genius
105 pts
70%
Queen Bee
150 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- adobo
- baba
- baht
- bald
- ball
- ballad
- ballot
- baobab
- bath
- blab
- blah
- blat
- bloat
- blob
- blood
- bloodbath
- bloodbath
- blot
- blotto
- boat
- boatload
- boba
- boho
- bola
- bold
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- boob
- booboo
- boohoo
- boot
- booth
- both
- hobo
- lobo
- oddball
- tabla
- taboo
- tollbooth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 22, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, D, H, L, O, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 150 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 105 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.