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
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
145
Pangrams
2
Genius score
101
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLOORBOARD
- FLOORBOARD
Rank thresholds
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
- aboard
- abroad
- adobo
- arbor
- 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
- drab
- flab
- floorboard
- floorboard
- labor
- lobo
- oddball
- 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.