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Spelling Bee Answers for March 19, 2026

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

Words33
Pangrams2
Points possible153
Center letterN
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 19, 2026·3 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.

HO
ENY
MG

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
13 pts
Good
23 pts
Solid
39 pts
Nice
62 pts
Great
77 pts
Amazing
108 pts
Genius
131 pts
Queen Bee
153 pts
Total words
33
Pangrams
2
Possible points
153

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
homogeny +15 ptshegemony +15 pts

The full word list

All 33 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 19, 2026, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters13 words
genegonegonggoonhonehymnmonomoonneneneonnonenoonomen
5 letters8 words
enemygnomegoonyhengehoneyhymenmoneymoony
6 letters4 words
eggnoggenomegnomonyeomen
7 letters3 words
hegemonhomonymmononym
8 letters4 words
hegemonyhomogenyhomonymymoneymen
9 letters1 word
honeymoon

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.

hegemony +15homogeny +15honeymoon +9homonymy +8moneymen +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 19, 2026 has 33 valid words for a total of 153 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 131 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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