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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

D
E
G
H
I
L
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

57

accepted entries

Total points

331

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

231

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HIGHLIGHTED
  • HIGHLIGHTED
  • DELIGHTED
  • DELIGHTED
  • DELIGHT
  • DELIGHT
  • LIGHTED
  • LIGHTED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
D 10 words
  • delete
  • deleted
  • delight
  • delight
  • delighted
  • delighted
  • delt
  • diet
  • dieted
  • digit
E 6 words
  • edit
  • edited
  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
  • elite
G 2 words
  • gelt
  • gilt
H 5 words
  • height
  • highlight
  • highlighted
  • highlighted
  • hilt
L 9 words
  • legit
  • light
  • lighted
  • lighted
  • lilt
  • lilted
  • lite
  • lithe
  • little
T 25 words
  • 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.

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

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