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Spelling Bee Answers for March 25, 2026

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

Words50
Pangrams2
Points possible224
Center letterL
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 25, 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.

EN
ILT
YP

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
18 pts
Good
34 pts
Solid
56 pts
Nice
90 pts
Great
112 pts
Amazing
157 pts
Genius
191 pts
Queen Bee
224 pts
Total words
50
Pangrams
2
Possible points
224

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
penitently +17 ptsineptly +14 pts

The full word list

All 50 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 25, 2026, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters20 words
eelyillylentlienliltlilylinelintlitepeelpeltpilepillplietelltiletilltiltyellyelp
5 letters7 words
eliteinletintellinenlintylippytitle
6 letters14 words
eyeletlenitylentillinnetlintellittlenettlenipplepelletpenileplentytinilytippletittle
7 letters4 words
entitleineptlylenientpettily
8 letters3 words
intentlypipelineteletype
9 letters1 word
leniently
10 letters1 word
penitently

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.

penitently +17ineptly +14leniently +9intently +8pipeline +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 25, 2026 has 50 valid words for a total of 224 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 191 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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