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Spelling Bee May 26, 2023 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: C

B
C
D
E
K
L
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

50

accepted entries

Total points

235

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

164

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BLOCKED
  • BLOCKED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

35 pts

15%

Nice

58 pts

25%

Great

94 pts

40%

Amazing

117 pts

50%

Genius

164 pts

70%

Queen Bee

235 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 9 words
  • beck
  • bedeck
  • bedecked
  • bloc
  • block
  • blocked
  • blocked
  • bocce
  • bock
C 30 words
  • cede
  • ceded
  • celeb
  • cell
  • cellblock
  • celled
  • cello
  • clock
  • clocked
  • clod
  • cobble
  • cobbled
  • cock
  • cocked
  • cockle
  • coddle
  • coddled
  • code
  • coded
  • coed
  • coke
  • cold
  • coldcock
  • coldcocked
  • cooed
  • cook
  • cookbook
  • cooked
  • cool
  • cooled
D 8 words
  • deck
  • decked
  • deckle
  • deco
  • decode
  • decoded
  • dock
  • docked
L 3 words
  • lock
  • locked
  • loco

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 26, 2023 uses the seven letters B, C, D, E, K, L, O, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 235 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 164 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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