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Spelling Bee May 29, 2021 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
E
G
L
O
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

70

accepted entries

Total points

309

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

216

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VOLTAGE
  • VOLTAGE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

24 pts

8%

Solid

46 pts

15%

Nice

77 pts

25%

Great

123 pts

40%

Amazing

154 pts

50%

Genius

216 pts

70%

Queen Bee

309 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 13 words
  • agate
  • agave
  • aglet
  • agog
  • alga
  • algae
  • algal
  • allege
  • allele
  • allot
  • aloe
  • alto
  • atoll
E 5 words
  • eagle
  • eaglet
  • eave
  • elate
  • elevate
G 21 words
  • gaga
  • gage
  • gaggle
  • gala
  • gale
  • galette
  • gall
  • galoot
  • gate
  • gavage
  • gave
  • gavel
  • gavotte
  • gelato
  • geotag
  • gloat
  • glottal
  • goal
  • goat
  • goatee
  • gotta
L 9 words
  • late
  • latte
  • lava
  • lavage
  • lave
  • leave
  • legal
  • legate
  • legato
O 2 words
  • oval
  • ovate
T 12 words
  • tale
  • tall
  • tattle
  • tattletale
  • tattoo
  • teal
  • teat
  • teetotal
  • telltale
  • toga
  • tollgate
  • total
V 8 words
  • vale
  • valet
  • valve
  • veal
  • vegetal
  • vegetate
  • voltage
  • voltage

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 29, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, G, L, O, T, V, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 70 accepted words for a total of 309 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 216 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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