Spelling Bee May 4, 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
42
Total points
183
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GRATIFY
- GRATIFY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
73 pts
40%
Amazing
91 pts
50%
Genius
128 pts
70%
Queen Bee
183 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agita
- arty
- atria
- attar
- fart
- fatty
- fiat
- fifty
- frat
- fratty
- frittata
- gait
- gift
- girt
- graffiti
- graft
- gratify
- gratify
- grift
- grit
- gritty
- itty
- raft
- ragtag
- raita
- rarity
- ratatat
- ratify
- ratty
- rift
- taffy
- taiga
- tariff
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tatty
- tiara
- tiff
- trait
- tray
- trig
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 4, 2021 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, R, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 183 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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.