with x ∈ Z is said to be a generalized m-gonal number. Let a ≤ b ≤ c and k be positive integers. The quadruple (k, a, b, c) is said to be universal if for every nonnegative integer n there exist integers x, y, z such that n = ap k (x)+bp k (y)+cp k (z). Sun proved in [16] that, when k = 5 or k ≥ 7, there are only 20 candidates for universal quadruples, which he listed explicitly and which all involve only the case of pentagonal numbers (k = 5). He verified that six of the candidates are in fact universal and conjectured that the remaining ones are as well. In a subsequent paper [3], Ge and Sun established universality for all but seven of the remaining candidates, leaving only (5, 1, 1, t) for t = 6, 8, 9, 10, (5, 1, 2, 8) and (5, 1, 3, s) for s = 7, 8 as candidates. In this article, we prove that the remaining seven quadruples given above are, in fact, universal.