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Spelling Bee Answers for March 19, 2020

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

Words54
Pangrams2
Points possible281
Center letterI
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 19, 2020·3 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.

PH
LIC
EN

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
23 pts
Good
43 pts
Solid
71 pts
Nice
113 pts
Great
141 pts
Amazing
197 pts
Genius
239 pts
Queen Bee
281 pts
Total words
54
Pangrams
2
Possible points
281

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 2 pangrams
philhellenic +19 ptscinephile +16 pts

The full word list

All 54 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 19, 2020, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters17 words
chicchinchipclipepichillinchlicelienlineniceninepilepillpinepipeplie
5 letters10 words
cellichilichillcinchinnielinennicheniecepiecepinch
6 letters13 words
chichichicleclicheclinchclinicheiniehippieiciclelichennipplepencilpenilepicnic
7 letters3 words
epiceneinclineninepin
8 letters5 words
chenillehelplineleniencelinchpinpipeline
9 letters2 words
cinephilephilippic
10 letters2 words
incipiencepenicillin
11 letters1 word
philhellene
12 letters1 word
philhellenic

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.

philhellenic +19cinephile +16philhellene +11incipience +10penicillin +10

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 19, 2020 has 54 valid words for a total of 281 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 239 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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