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Spelling Bee March 18, 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: A

A
B
C
G
I
L
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

239

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

167

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BIOLOGICAL
  • BIOLOGICAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

35 pts

15%

Nice

59 pts

25%

Great

95 pts

40%

Amazing

119 pts

50%

Genius

167 pts

70%

Queen Bee

239 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • abaci
  • aboil
  • acacia
  • acai
  • agog
  • aioli
  • alga
  • algal
  • alibi
B 13 words
  • baba
  • bacilli
  • bail
  • ball
  • baobab
  • biblical
  • bilabial
  • biological
  • biological
  • blab
  • boba
  • bola
  • boogaloo
C 14 words
  • cabal
  • cabala
  • cacao
  • calico
  • call
  • calla
  • callaloo
  • ciao
  • cilia
  • cloaca
  • coal
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • cola
G 8 words
  • gaga
  • gala
  • gall
  • glacial
  • glia
  • glial
  • global
  • goal
I 2 words
  • iliac
  • illogical
L 7 words
  • labia
  • labial
  • laic
  • laical
  • lilac
  • local
  • logical

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 18, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, C, G, I, L, O, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 239 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 167 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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