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Spelling Bee May 23, 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: E

B
E
L
N
O
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

62

accepted entries

Total points

245

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

171

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BENEVOLENT
  • BENEVOLENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

36 pts

15%

Nice

61 pts

25%

Great

98 pts

40%

Amazing

122 pts

50%

Genius

171 pts

70%

Queen Bee

245 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 18 words
  • been
  • beet
  • beetle
  • bell
  • belle
  • belt
  • benevolent
  • benevolent
  • bent
  • bento
  • betel
  • bevel
  • bobble
  • bone
  • bonnet
  • bootee
  • botnet
  • bottle
E 7 words
  • ebon
  • eleven
  • ennoble
  • entente
  • even
  • event
  • evolve
L 7 words
  • lent
  • lento
  • levee
  • level
  • lobe
  • lone
  • love
N 11 words
  • nene
  • neon
  • nettle
  • noble
  • noel
  • none
  • nonet
  • nonevent
  • note
  • novel
  • novelette
O 3 words
  • oboe
  • oleo
  • oven
T 10 words
  • teen
  • tell
  • telnet
  • tenet
  • tenon
  • tent
  • tone
  • tonne
  • tootle
  • tote
V 6 words
  • velvet
  • velveteen
  • vent
  • veto
  • vole
  • vote

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 23, 2021 uses the seven letters B, E, L, N, O, T, V, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 245 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 171 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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