Spelling Bee May 31, 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
57
Total points
331
Pangrams
8
Genius score
231
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HIGHLIGHTED
- HIGHLIGHTED
- DELIGHTED
- DELIGHTED
- DELIGHT
- DELIGHT
- LIGHTED
- LIGHTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
49 pts
15%
Nice
82 pts
25%
Great
132 pts
40%
Amazing
165 pts
50%
Genius
231 pts
70%
Queen Bee
331 pts
100%
All accepted words
- delete
- deleted
- delight
- delight
- delighted
- delighted
- delt
- diet
- dieted
- digit
- edit
- edited
- eight
- eighth
- eightieth
- elite
- gelt
- gilt
- height
- highlight
- highlighted
- highlighted
- hilt
- legit
- light
- lighted
- lighted
- lilt
- lilted
- lite
- lithe
- little
- teed
- teeth
- teethe
- teethed
- tell
- thee
- thigh
- tide
- tided
- tidied
- tied
- tight
- tilde
- tile
- tiled
- till
- tilled
- tilt
- tilted
- tilth
- tithe
- tithed
- title
- titled
- tittle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 31, 2021 uses the seven letters D, E, G, H, I, L, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 331 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 231 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.