Answers for May 7, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the May 7, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 47 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: May 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-05-07 had 47 words worth 229 points total. Pangram(s) included immunized. You needed 160 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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πŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

How today's puzzle compares to all-time Spelling Bee history

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Difficulty Score
220 Medium
51th percentile
Total Words
47
58th percentile
Total Points
229
63th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.55
All-time avg: 5.3
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160
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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229
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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24
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
14
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
51m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

13 words
4L 13
13 words
5L 13
11 words
6L 11
4 words
7L 4
4 words
8L 4
2 words (Pangram)
9L 2⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

M
14
D
9
I
7
E
6
N🐝
6
U
4
Z
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 47 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 229 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.55 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 1 ~1.49 4 1

πŸ“… Previous Puzzles with This Pangram

This is the first time this pangram has appeared in our archives.

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is IMMUNIZED. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 44% (4 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: I (x2), M (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Germanic/Old English IMMUNIZED

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

Latinate DENIZEN

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Germanic/Old English DENUDED

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

Linguistic history study helps in spotting letter clusters in the spelling bee glossary based on classical word origins.

🚫 Rejected Word List

These valid English words can be formed with today's letters but were not accepted by the NYT editor:

dedendum deminude dene denize denizened denizenize denned didine didinium didn diene dimin diminue dinned dizen
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

immunized (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words13 words

dine
dune
mend
menu
mien
mind
mine
mini
need
nene
nine
nude
Click to Reveal 13 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words13 words

denim
dined
emend
ended
endue
ennui
indie
innie
mined
minim
nudie
undid
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6-Letter Words11 words

denied
denude
dunned
endued
immune
indeed
indium
mended
minded
mizzen
needed
Click to Reveal 11 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words4 words

denizen
denuded
emended
minimum
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8-Letter Words4 words

immunize
minimize
undimmed
unneeded
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9-Letter Words2 words

immunized
minimized
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features N as the center letter, with 47 words worth 229 points total. The pangram is "immunized" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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