Spelling Bee May 30, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
421
Pangrams
8
Genius score
294
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INVITATIONAL
- INNOVATIONAL
- INVITATIONAL
- INNOVATIONAL
- VOLITIONAL
- VOLITIONAL
- VIOLATION
- VIOLATION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
21 pts
5%
Good
33 pts
8%
Solid
63 pts
15%
Nice
105 pts
25%
Great
168 pts
40%
Amazing
210 pts
50%
Genius
294 pts
70%
Queen Bee
421 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- allot
- alto
- anion
- annatto
- annotation
- anoint
- anon
- atoll
- atonal
- aviation
- initiation
- innovation
- innovational
- innovational
- into
- intonation
- invitation
- invitational
- invitational
- iota
- lanolin
- lion
- llano
- loan
- loin
- loll
- loon
- loot
- lotion
- lotto
- nation
- national
- nonillion
- noon
- notation
- notational
- notion
- notional
- nova
- novation
- olio
- onion
- onto
- oval
- ovation
- talon
- tattoo
- titillation
- toil
- toll
- tonal
- tool
- toon
- toot
- total
- viol
- viola
- violation
- violation
- violin
- voila
- volant
- volition
- volitional
- volitional
- volt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 30, 2026 uses the seven letters A, I, L, N, O, T, V, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 421 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 294 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 8 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.