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Spelling Bee March 15, 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

E
L
M
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

188

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

131

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EMOLUMENT
  • EMOLUMENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

47 pts

25%

Great

75 pts

40%

Amazing

94 pts

50%

Genius

131 pts

70%

Queen Bee

188 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 3 words
  • element
  • emolument
  • emolument
L 15 words
  • lemon
  • lent
  • lento
  • loll
  • lone
  • loom
  • loon
  • loot
  • lotto
  • lout
  • lull
  • lulu
  • lumen
  • lune
  • lute
M 13 words
  • melee
  • melon
  • melt
  • mettle
  • mole
  • moll
  • molt
  • molten
  • motel
  • mottle
  • mule
  • mull
  • mullet
N 3 words
  • nettle
  • noel
  • null
O 4 words
  • oleo
  • omelet
  • omelette
  • outlet
T 9 words
  • tell
  • telnet
  • toll
  • toluene
  • tool
  • tootle
  • tulle
  • tumult
  • tunnel
U 1 word
  • unlet

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, March 15, 2021 uses the seven letters E, L, M, N, O, T, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 188 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 131 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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