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Spelling Bee May 3, 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: L

B
D
F
L
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

106

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

74

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DOUBTFUL
  • DOUBTFUL

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

42 pts

40%

Amazing

53 pts

50%

Genius

74 pts

70%

Queen Bee

106 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 11 words
  • blob
  • blood
  • blot
  • blotto
  • bluff
  • bold
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • bulb
  • bull
D 5 words
  • doll
  • dolt
  • doubtful
  • doubtful
  • dull
F 9 words
  • flood
  • flout
  • flub
  • fluff
  • fold
  • foldout
  • fool
  • foul
  • full
L 9 words
  • lobo
  • loft
  • loll
  • loot
  • lotto
  • loud
  • lout
  • lull
  • lulu
T 4 words
  • told
  • toll
  • tool
  • tubful

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 3, 2020 uses the seven letters B, D, F, L, O, T, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 106 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 74 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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