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Spelling Bee March 16, 2024 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: I

A
C
D
E
H
I
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

209

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

146

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HEADPIECE
  • HEADPIECE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

52 pts

25%

Great

83 pts

40%

Amazing

104 pts

50%

Genius

146 pts

70%

Queen Bee

209 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acid
  • acidic
  • aide
  • aided
  • aphid
  • apiece
C 13 words
  • caddie
  • caddied
  • chai
  • cheapie
  • chia
  • chic
  • chica
  • chichi
  • chide
  • chided
  • chip
  • chipped
  • cicada
D 9 words
  • decide
  • decided
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • dice
  • diced
  • died
  • dipped
E 2 words
  • eddied
  • epic
H 5 words
  • headpiece
  • headpiece
  • hide
  • hied
  • hippie
I 3 words
  • iced
  • idea
  • ipecac
P 7 words
  • paid
  • pica
  • piece
  • pieced
  • pied
  • pipe
  • piped

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, March 16, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, I, P, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 209 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 146 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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