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Spelling Bee May 28, 2020 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

A
L
O
R
T
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

51

accepted entries

Total points

219

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

153

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LAVATORY
  • LAVATORY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

17 pts

8%

Solid

32 pts

15%

Nice

54 pts

25%

Great

87 pts

40%

Amazing

109 pts

50%

Genius

153 pts

70%

Queen Bee

219 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • allot
  • alloy
  • alto
  • aorta
  • aortal
  • arroyo
  • atoll
L 9 words
  • lavatory
  • lavatory
  • loll
  • loot
  • lorry
  • lotto
  • loyal
  • loyally
  • loyalty
O 7 words
  • oaty
  • oral
  • orally
  • orator
  • oratory
  • oval
  • ovary
R 11 words
  • roar
  • roll
  • root
  • rotary
  • rotator
  • rotatory
  • roto
  • rotor
  • royal
  • royally
  • royalty
T 14 words
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tattoo
  • toll
  • tool
  • toot
  • toro
  • tort
  • total
  • totally
  • troll
  • trot
  • troy
  • tyro
V 3 words
  • valor
  • volt
  • votary

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 28, 2020 uses the seven letters A, L, O, R, T, V, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 219 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 153 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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