Saturday · 27 words

Spelling Bee May 23, 2020 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: A

A
B
H
I
M
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

122

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

85

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AMPHIBIAN
  • AMPHIBIAN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

30 pts

25%

Great

48 pts

40%

Amazing

61 pts

50%

Genius

85 pts

70%

Queen Bee

122 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • amphibian
  • amphibian
  • anima
  • apian
B 3 words
  • baba
  • banana
  • bibimbap
I 3 words
  • iamb
  • iambi
  • imam
M 9 words
  • mahimahi
  • maim
  • main
  • mama
  • mamba
  • mamma
  • mania
  • manna
  • minima
N 2 words
  • naan
  • nana
P 5 words
  • pain
  • pampa
  • panama
  • panini
  • papa

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 23, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, H, I, M, N, P, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 122 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 85 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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