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Spelling Bee May 28, 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: A

A
G
I
J
M
N
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

261

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

182

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNJAMMING
  • UNJAMMING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

65 pts

25%

Great

104 pts

40%

Amazing

130 pts

50%

Genius

182 pts

70%

Queen Bee

261 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • again
  • aging
  • aiming
  • angina
  • anima
G 12 words
  • gaga
  • gagging
  • gain
  • gaining
  • gamin
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gang
  • ganging
  • ganja
  • gauging
  • gunman
I 4 words
  • iguana
  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
J 2 words
  • jagging
  • jamming
M 14 words
  • magi
  • magma
  • magnum
  • maim
  • maiming
  • main
  • mama
  • mamma
  • managing
  • manga
  • mania
  • manna
  • manning
  • minima
N 5 words
  • naan
  • nagging
  • naming
  • nana
  • ninja
U 6 words
  • umami
  • unjam
  • unjamming
  • unjamming
  • unman
  • unmanning

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 28, 2026 uses the seven letters A, G, I, J, M, N, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 261 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 182 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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