Spelling Bee May 4, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
133
Pangrams
2
Genius score
93
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MEGAPLEX
- MEGAPLEX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
33 pts
25%
Great
53 pts
40%
Amazing
66 pts
50%
Genius
93 pts
70%
Queen Bee
133 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agape
- ample
- apex
- appall
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- epee
- example
- exempla
- expel
- expellee
- gape
- lamp
- lapel
- leap
- maple
- megaplex
- megaplex
- paella
- page
- pale
- pall
- palm
- palp
- pampa
- papa
- papal
- peal
- peel
- peep
- plea
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 4, 2020 uses the seven letters A, E, G, L, M, P, X, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 133 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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.