Wednesday · 29 words

Spelling Bee May 27, 2026 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: O

E
F
I
L
N
O
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

28

accepted entries

Total points

104

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

72

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FLEXION
  • FLEXION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

26 pts

25%

Great

41 pts

40%

Amazing

52 pts

50%

Genius

72 pts

70%

Queen Bee

104 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
F 7 words
  • felon
  • flexion
  • flexion
  • floe
  • foil
  • folio
  • fool
I 1 word
  • info
L 7 words
  • leonine
  • lion
  • loin
  • loll
  • lone
  • loon
  • loonie
N 5 words
  • neon
  • noel
  • none
  • nonillion
  • noon
O 7 words
  • offline
  • oleo
  • olio
  • ollie
  • onion
  • online
  • oxen
X 1 word
  • xenon

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 27, 2026 uses the seven letters E, F, I, L, N, O, X, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 104 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 72 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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