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Spelling Bee Answers for March 19, 2025

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

Words56
Pangrams1
Points possible259
Center letterC
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 19, 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.

TA
ICN
HY

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
21 pts
Good
39 pts
Solid
65 pts
Nice
104 pts
Great
130 pts
Amazing
182 pts
Genius
221 pts
Queen Bee
259 pts
Total words
56
Pangrams
1
Possible points
259

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
hyacinth +15 pts

The full word list

All 56 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 19, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters15 words
acaiachycantchaichatchiachicchinchitcitycyaninchitchtachtact
5 letters20 words
anticatticcacticannacannycatchcattychainchantchicachinacinchcynichatchhitchitchynatchtacittinctyacht
6 letters14 words
acaciaattachcancancatchychancychattychichichitinincantintactniacintactictannicthatch
7 letters4 words
cantatacantinachiantititanic
8 letters2 words
chitchathyacinth
9 letters1 word
tactician

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.

hyacinth +15tactician +9chitchat +8cantata +7cantina +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 19, 2025 has 56 valid words for a total of 259 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 221 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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