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Spelling Bee Answers for March 5, 2022

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

Words47
Pangrams2
Points possible214
Center letterP
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 5, 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.

DE
NPU
OX

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
33 pts
Solid
54 pts
Nice
86 pts
Great
107 pts
Amazing
150 pts
Genius
182 pts
Queen Bee
214 pts
Total words
47
Pangrams
2
Possible points
214

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
expounded +16 ptsexpound +14 pts

The full word list

All 47 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 5, 2022, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters18 words
deepdopedupeepeeexponopeopenpeedpeenpeeppendpeonpondponepooppopeupdoupon
5 letters8 words
dopeddupedepodepennepoundunpenupendupped
6 letters12 words
deependependexpendopenedpeepedpendedpennedpeppedpoopedpoppedpunnedunopen
7 letters3 words
expoundpoundedupended
8 letters5 words
deepeneddependedexpendedunopenedunpenned
9 letters1 word
expounded

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.

expounded +16expound +14deepened +8depended +8expended +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 5, 2022 has 47 valid words for a total of 214 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 182 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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