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Spelling Bee May 26, 2024 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

A
B
C
E
I
K
L

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

212

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

148

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

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Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

53 pts

25%

Great

84 pts

40%

Amazing

106 pts

50%

Genius

148 pts

70%

Queen Bee

212 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • abaci
  • aback
  • acacia
  • acai
  • alack
B 6 words
  • bacilli
  • back
  • beck
  • biblical
  • black
  • blackball
C 19 words
  • cabal
  • cabala
  • cabbie
  • cable
  • cackle
  • cake
  • call
  • calla
  • callable
  • callback
  • celeb
  • celiac
  • cell
  • celli
  • cilia
  • clack
  • click
  • clickable
  • clickable
I 2 words
  • icicle
  • iliac
K 3 words
  • kick
  • kickback
  • kickball
L 7 words
  • lace
  • lack
  • laic
  • laical
  • lice
  • lick
  • lilac

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 26, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, K, L, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 212 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 148 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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