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Spelling Bee March 16, 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: O

C
E
H
K
L
M
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

118

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

82

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HEMLOCK
  • HEMLOCK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

47 pts

40%

Amazing

59 pts

50%

Genius

82 pts

70%

Queen Bee

118 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 13 words
  • cello
  • chemo
  • chock
  • choke
  • cloche
  • clock
  • cock
  • cockle
  • coho
  • coke
  • come
  • cook
  • cool
E 1 word
  • echo
H 10 words
  • hellhole
  • hello
  • hemlock
  • hemlock
  • hock
  • hoke
  • hole
  • home
  • hooch
  • hook
K 2 words
  • kohl
  • kook
L 6 words
  • loch
  • lock
  • loco
  • loll
  • look
  • loom
M 6 words
  • memo
  • mock
  • mohel
  • mole
  • moll
  • mooch
O 1 word
  • oleo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, March 16, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, H, K, L, M, O, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 118 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 82 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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