Answers for May 14, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the May 14, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 32 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: May 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-05-14 had 32 words worth 109 points total. Pangram(s) included bookmobile. You needed 76 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
178 Easy
7th percentile
Total Words
32
26th percentile
Total Points
109
10th percentile
Avg Word Length
4.88
All-time avg: 5.3
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76
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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109
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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21
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
9
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
37m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

18 words
4L 18
7 words
5L 7
4 words
6L 4
1 word
7L 1
1 word
8L 1
1 word (Pangram)
10L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

B
10
M
8
L
7
K
3
I🐝
2
O
2
E
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 32 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 109 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 4.88 ~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 BOOKMOBILE. It consists of 10 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (5 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: B (x2), O (x3)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate BOOKMOBILE

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

Latinate IMMOBILE

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

Latinate LIBELEE

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

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:

beelike belibel belike belili belime belli bemoil bibb bibble bibi bibio bibl biblike bikie bikol
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

bookmobile (17 pts)
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4-Letter Words18 words

bike
bile
bilk
bill
boil
kill
kilo
like
limb
lime
limo
mike
Click to Reveal 18 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words7 words

belie
bible
biome
libel
limbo
mimeo
ollie
Click to Reveal 7 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words4 words

bookie
imbibe
kibble
mobile
Click to Reveal 4 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words1 words

libelee
Click to Reveal 1 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words1 words

immobile
Click to Reveal 1 8-Letter Words

10-Letter Words1 words

bookmobile
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features I as the center letter, with 32 words worth 109 points total. The pangram is "bookmobile" β€” a 10-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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