Sunday · 38 words

Spelling Bee May 31, 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

A
B
D
H
I
L
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

37

accepted entries

Total points

152

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

106

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HANDBILL
  • HANDBILL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

38 pts

25%

Great

60 pts

40%

Amazing

76 pts

50%

Genius

106 pts

70%

Queen Bee

152 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • alibi
  • anal
  • annal
B 13 words
  • bail
  • bald
  • ball
  • ballad
  • banal
  • bilabial
  • bill
  • blab
  • blah
  • bland
  • blin
  • blind
  • blini
D 3 words
  • dahlia
  • dial
  • dill
H 7 words
  • hail
  • halal
  • hall
  • handball
  • handbill
  • handbill
  • hill
I 3 words
  • iliad
  • inlaid
  • inland
L 7 words
  • labia
  • labial
  • laid
  • lain
  • lanai
  • land
  • libidinal
N 1 word
  • nail

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 31, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, D, H, I, L, N, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 152 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 106 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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