Word Hints
for NYT Spelling Bee — Saturday, May 16, 2020
Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — May 16, 2020
BEGITYL
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams4 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
54
words
265
total points
185
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 265 pts
Genius 185 pts
Amazing 132 pts
Great 106 pts
Nice 66 pts
Solid 39 pts
Good 21 pts
Moving Up 13 pts
Good Start 5 pts
Beginner 0 pts
Words by length
19
4-letter
15
5-letter
9
6-letter
3
7-letter
3
8-letter
2
9-letter
1
10-letter
1
11-letter
1
12-letter
Words by first letter
Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.
B
14 words
E
7 words
G
10 words
I
4 words
L
12 words
T
6 words
Y
1 word
All 54 words
BEETLE6pt
BELIE5pt
BELITTLE8pt
BELL1pt
BELLE5pt
BELLY5pt
BELT1pt
BIBLE5pt
BIGLY5pt
BILE1pt
BILGE5pt
BILL1pt
BILLET6pt
BILLY5pt
EELY1pt
ELEGY5pt
ELIGIBILITY18pt
ELIGIBLE8pt
ELIGIBLY8pt
ELITE5pt
EYELET6pt
GELEE5pt
GELT1pt
GIBLET6pt
GIGGLE6pt
GIGGLY6pt
GILL1pt
GILT1pt
GLEE1pt
GLIB1pt
GLIBLY6pt
ILLEGIBILITY19pt
ILLEGIBLE9pt
ILLEGIBLY9pt
ILLY1pt
LEGGY5pt
LEGIBILITY17pt
LEGIBLE7pt
LEGIBLY7pt
LEGIT5pt
LIBEL5pt
LIBELEE7pt
LIEGE5pt
LILT1pt
LILY1pt
LITE1pt
LITTLE6pt
TELL1pt
TILE1pt
TILL1pt
TILT1pt
TITLE5pt
TITTLE6pt
YELL1pt
Queen Bee! 🐝
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