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
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
278
Pangrams
6
Genius score
194
Center letter
W
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AWARDING
- AWARDING
- DRAWING
- WARDING
- WARDING
- DRAWING
Rank thresholds
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
- award
- awarding
- awarding
- awing
- awning
- dawn
- dawning
- draw
- drawing
- drawing
- drawn
- gnaw
- gnawing
- indrawn
- inward
- 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.