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Spelling Bee May 22, 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: W

A
D
G
I
N
R
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

278

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

194

70% of total

Center letter

W

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AWARDING
  • AWARDING
  • DRAWING
  • WARDING
  • WARDING
  • DRAWING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

41 pts

15%

Nice

69 pts

25%

Great

111 pts

40%

Amazing

139 pts

50%

Genius

194 pts

70%

Queen Bee

278 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • award
  • awarding
  • awarding
  • awing
  • awning
D 6 words
  • dawn
  • dawning
  • draw
  • drawing
  • drawing
  • drawn
G 2 words
  • gnaw
  • gnawing
I 2 words
  • indrawn
  • inward
W 27 words
  • wadding
  • wading
  • wagging
  • waging
  • wand
  • waning
  • wanna
  • ward
  • warding
  • warding
  • warn
  • warning
  • warring
  • wigging
  • wigwag
  • wigwagging
  • wind
  • winding
  • windward
  • wing
  • wingding
  • winging
  • wining
  • winning
  • wiring
  • wring
  • wringing

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 22, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, G, I, N, R, W, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 278 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 194 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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