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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

A
I
L
N
O
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

67

accepted entries

Total points

421

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

294

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INVITATIONAL
  • INNOVATIONAL
  • INVITATIONAL
  • INNOVATIONAL
  • VOLITIONAL
  • VOLITIONAL
  • VIOLATION
  • VIOLATION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • aioli
  • allot
  • alto
  • anion
  • annatto
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anon
  • atoll
  • atonal
  • aviation
I 10 words
  • initiation
  • innovation
  • innovational
  • innovational
  • into
  • intonation
  • invitation
  • invitational
  • invitational
  • iota
L 10 words
  • lanolin
  • lion
  • llano
  • loan
  • loin
  • loll
  • loon
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto
N 10 words
  • nation
  • national
  • nonillion
  • noon
  • notation
  • notational
  • notion
  • notional
  • nova
  • novation
O 5 words
  • olio
  • onion
  • onto
  • oval
  • ovation
T 10 words
  • talon
  • tattoo
  • titillation
  • toil
  • toll
  • tonal
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • total
V 11 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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