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Spelling Bee May 28, 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: E

A
C
E
H
K
M
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

137

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

95

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NAMECHECK
  • NAMECHECK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

34 pts

25%

Great

54 pts

40%

Amazing

68 pts

50%

Genius

95 pts

70%

Queen Bee

137 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • ache
  • acme
  • acne
  • ahem
  • amen
C 7 words
  • cache
  • cake
  • came
  • cane
  • chance
  • check
  • cheek
E 4 words
  • each
  • emcee
  • enema
  • enhance
H 7 words
  • hake
  • heck
  • heme
  • hence
  • henchman
  • henchmen
  • henna
K 2 words
  • keen
  • knee
M 8 words
  • mace
  • make
  • mane
  • mean
  • mecca
  • meek
  • meme
  • menace
N 6 words
  • name
  • namecheck
  • namecheck
  • nankeen
  • neck
  • nene

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 28, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, K, M, N, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 137 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 95 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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