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Spelling Bee Answers for March 1, 2021

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words59
Pangrams1
Points possible333
Center letterC
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 1, 2021·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

AT
OCN
IZ

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
27 pts
Good
50 pts
Solid
84 pts
Nice
134 pts
Great
167 pts
Amazing
234 pts
Genius
284 pts
Queen Bee
333 pts
Total words
59
Pangrams
1
Possible points
333

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
canonization +19 pts

The full word list

All 59 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 1, 2021, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters11 words
acaicantciaocoatcocacoincooticontacotactzinc
5 letters15 words
anticatticcacaocacticannacanoncoactcoaticoccicocoaconicionictacittincttonic
6 letters16 words
acaciaactioncancancannoncannotcantoncationcocooncottoniconicincantintactniacinoctanttactictannic
7 letters7 words
cantatacantinaconcoctcontactcontaintitanictoccata
8 letters3 words
citationcoactioninaction
9 letters3 words
catatoniacatatonictactician
10 letters1 word
concoction
11 letters2 words
connotationincantation
12 letters1 word
canonization

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

canonization +19connotation +11incantation +11concoction +10catatonia +9

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 1, 2021 has 59 valid words for a total of 333 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 284 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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