Spelling Bee March 11, 2021 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
140
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPLETIVE
- EXPLETIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
140 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elite
- evil
- exile
- expel
- expellee
- expletive
- expletive
- levee
- level
- lilt
- lite
- little
- live
- peel
- pellet
- pelt
- pile
- pill
- pixel
- plie
- teletext
- telex
- tell
- textile
- tile
- till
- tilt
- tipple
- title
- tittle
- veil
- velvet
- vile
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 11, 2021 uses the seven letters E, I, L, P, T, V, X, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 140 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.