Tuesday · 39 words

Spelling Bee May 7, 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: B

A
B
D
F
L
O
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

145

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

101

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FLOORBOARD
  • FLOORBOARD

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

72 pts

50%

Genius

101 pts

70%

Queen Bee

145 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • aboard
  • abroad
  • adobo
  • arbor
B 26 words
  • baba
  • bald
  • ball
  • ballad
  • baobab
  • barb
  • bard
  • barf
  • blab
  • blob
  • blood
  • boar
  • board
  • boba
  • boffo
  • bola
  • bold
  • boll
  • bollard
  • bolo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boor
  • brad
  • broad
  • brood
D 1 word
  • drab
F 3 words
  • flab
  • floorboard
  • floorboard
L 2 words
  • labor
  • lobo
O 1 word
  • oddball
R 1 word
  • rollbar

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 7, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, D, F, L, O, R, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 145 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 101 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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