Monday · 27 words

Spelling Bee May 25, 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: N

A
C
D
H
I
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

125

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

87

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HANDICAP
  • HANDICAP

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

31 pts

25%

Great

50 pts

40%

Amazing

62 pts

50%

Genius

87 pts

70%

Queen Bee

125 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • apian
C 8 words
  • cancan
  • candid
  • canid
  • canna
  • chain
  • chin
  • china
  • cinch
H 4 words
  • hand
  • handicap
  • handicap
  • hind
I 2 words
  • inch
  • indicia
N 5 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • naiad
  • nana
  • niacin
P 6 words
  • pain
  • panda
  • panic
  • panini
  • picnic
  • pinch

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 25, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, D, H, I, N, P, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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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