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
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
152
Pangrams
2
Genius score
106
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HANDBILL
- HANDBILL
Rank thresholds
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
- alibi
- anal
- annal
- bail
- bald
- ball
- ballad
- banal
- bilabial
- bill
- blab
- blah
- bland
- blin
- blind
- blini
- dahlia
- dial
- dill
- hail
- halal
- hall
- handball
- handbill
- handbill
- hill
- iliad
- inlaid
- inland
- labia
- labial
- laid
- lain
- lanai
- land
- libidinal
- 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.