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Spelling Bee May 31, 2024 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: A

A
B
I
O
R
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

282

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

197

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VIBRATOR
  • VIBRATOR
  • VIBRATO
  • VIBRATO

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

42 pts

15%

Nice

70 pts

25%

Great

112 pts

40%

Amazing

141 pts

50%

Genius

197 pts

70%

Queen Bee

282 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 12 words
  • abbot
  • abort
  • airboat
  • aorta
  • arbitrator
  • arbor
  • arborio
  • aria
  • atria
  • attar
  • avatar
  • aviator
B 13 words
  • baba
  • bait
  • baobab
  • barb
  • barrio
  • biota
  • boar
  • boat
  • boba
  • brat
  • brava
  • bravo
  • briar
I 1 word
  • iota
O 2 words
  • orator
  • oratorio
R 7 words
  • rabbi
  • rabbit
  • raita
  • ratatat
  • ratio
  • roar
  • rotator
T 13 words
  • taboo
  • tabor
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tattoo
  • tiara
  • tibia
  • trait
  • traitor
  • trattoria
  • trivia
V 4 words
  • vibrato
  • vibrato
  • vibrator
  • vibrator

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 31, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, I, O, R, T, V, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 282 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 197 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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