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Spelling Bee May 7, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: I

C
I
L
O
R
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

36

accepted entries

Total points

159

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

111

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VITRIOLIC
  • VITRIOLIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

63 pts

40%

Amazing

79 pts

50%

Genius

111 pts

70%

Queen Bee

159 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 10 words
  • cirri
  • citric
  • civic
  • civil
  • cocci
  • coil
  • coir
  • colic
  • critic
  • croci
I 1 word
  • illicit
L 3 words
  • licit
  • lilt
  • loci
O 2 words
  • ocotillo
  • olio
R 5 words
  • rill
  • riot
  • roil
  • roti
  • rototill
T 10 words
  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • tori
  • toric
  • torii
  • tricolor
  • tricot
  • trill
  • trio
V 5 words
  • victor
  • viol
  • vitriol
  • vitriolic
  • vitriolic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 7, 2021 uses the seven letters C, I, L, O, R, T, V, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 159 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 111 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.

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

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