Spelling Bee March 12, 2026 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
246
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PENCILED
- PENCILED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
123 pts
50%
Genius
172 pts
70%
Queen Bee
246 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cell
- celled
- celli
- clinic
- clip
- clipped
- decide
- decided
- decline
- declined
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- dependence
- dice
- diced
- epic
- epicene
- iced
- icicle
- incidence
- incipience
- incline
- inclined
- independence
- lenience
- lice
- nice
- niece
- pellicle
- pence
- pencil
- penciled
- penciled
- penicillin
- picnic
- piece
- pieced
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 12, 2026 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, L, N, P, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 246 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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.