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Spelling Bee May 26, 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: N

C
D
I
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

50

accepted entries

Total points

290

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

203

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONDUCTION
  • CONDUCTION
  • INDUCTION
  • INDUCTION
  • CONDUIT
  • CONDUIT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

23 pts

8%

Solid

43 pts

15%

Nice

72 pts

25%

Great

116 pts

40%

Amazing

145 pts

50%

Genius

203 pts

70%

Queen Bee

290 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 16 words
  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • codon
  • coin
  • concoct
  • concoction
  • condition
  • condo
  • conduct
  • conduction
  • conduction
  • conduit
  • conduit
  • conic
  • cotton
  • count
D 5 words
  • diction
  • dino
  • dint
  • donut
  • dunno
I 10 words
  • icon
  • iconic
  • indict
  • induct
  • induction
  • induction
  • into
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • ionic
N 3 words
  • noon
  • notion
  • noun
O 2 words
  • onion
  • onto
T 6 words
  • tinct
  • tint
  • tonic
  • toon
  • tuition
  • tunic
U 8 words
  • udon
  • unction
  • uncut
  • undid
  • undo
  • union
  • unit
  • unto

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 26, 2021 uses the seven letters C, D, I, N, O, T, U, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 290 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 203 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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