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Spelling Bee Answers for March 26, 2022

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

Words60
Pangrams2
Points possible310
Center letterT
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 26, 2022·3 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.

IM
ATO
NB

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
25 pts
Good
47 pts
Solid
78 pts
Nice
124 pts
Great
155 pts
Amazing
217 pts
Genius
264 pts
Queen Bee
310 pts
Total words
60
Pangrams
2
Possible points
310

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
abomination +18 ptsambition +15 pts

The full word list

All 60 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 26, 2022, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters19 words
antiatombaitboatbootintoiotamintmittmoatmootobitomitontotaintinttombtoontoot
5 letters10 words
abbotambitbatonbiotamantamottotabootainttibiatitan
6 letters16 words
anointattainbantambiotinbonitobottommotionnatantnationnotionobtaintannintatamitattootomatotomtit
7 letters4 words
attaintboatmannanobotottoman
8 letters3 words
ambitionmaintainnotation
9 letters2 words
animationimitation
10 letters5 words
annotationinitiationintimationintonationnomination
11 letters1 word
abomination

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.

abomination +18ambition +15annotation +10initiation +10intimation +10

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 26, 2022 has 60 valid words for a total of 310 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 264 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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