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Spelling Bee Answers for March 1, 2025

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

Words31
Pangrams1
Points possible135
Center letterT
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 1, 2025·3 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.

YR
ATN
HD

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
11 pts
Good
21 pts
Solid
34 pts
Nice
54 pts
Great
68 pts
Amazing
95 pts
Genius
115 pts
Queen Bee
135 pts
Total words
31
Pangrams
1
Possible points
135

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
hydrant +14 pts

The full word list

All 31 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 1, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters11 words
artydartdatadratharthathranttartthanthattray
5 letters8 words
arhatattarhathanattyrattytardytarrytatty
6 letters7 words
arrantnatantrattantantratartantartartyrant
7 letters5 words
hardhathydrantratatattantaratyranny

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.

hydrant +14hardhat +7ratatat +7tantara +7tyranny +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 1, 2025 has 31 valid words for a total of 135 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 115 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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