Spelling Bee May 25, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
252
Pangrams
2
Genius score
176
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAIRCUT
- HAIRCUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
100 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
176 pts
70%
Queen Bee
252 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aitch
- arctic
- arhat
- arthritic
- atria
- attach
- attar
- attic
- attract
- cacti
- carat
- cart
- cataract
- catarrh
- catch
- cathartic
- chart
- chat
- chit
- chitchat
- circuit
- citric
- critic
- crutch
- curt
- haircut
- haircut
- hart
- hatch
- hath
- hatha
- hitch
- hurt
- hutch
- itch
- raita
- ratatat
- tach
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tart
- tartar
- taut
- that
- thatch
- tiara
- tract
- trait
- truth
- tutti
- tutu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 25, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, R, T, U, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 252 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 176 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.