Spelling Bee May 3, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
277
Pangrams
4
Genius score
193
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CAPTIVATE
- CAPTIVATE
- CAPTIVE
- CAPTIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
138 pts
50%
Genius
193 pts
70%
Queen Bee
277 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accept
- acetate
- acetic
- activate
- active
- appetite
- appetitive
- attic
- aviate
- cacti
- capacitate
- captivate
- captivate
- captive
- captive
- caveat
- cite
- civet
- evict
- evictee
- pact
- pate
- peat
- pepita
- peptic
- petit
- petite
- piccata
- pipet
- pipette
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tapa
- tape
- teat
- teepee
- tepee
- tippet
- titivate
- vacate
- vitiate
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 3, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, P, T, V, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 277 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.