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
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
106
Pangrams
2
Genius score
74
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOUBTFUL
- DOUBTFUL
Rank thresholds
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
- blob
- blood
- blot
- blotto
- bluff
- bold
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- bulb
- bull
- doll
- dolt
- doubtful
- doubtful
- dull
- flood
- flout
- flub
- fluff
- fold
- foldout
- fool
- foul
- full
- lobo
- loft
- loll
- loot
- lotto
- loud
- lout
- lull
- lulu
- 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.