Spelling Bee March 21, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
190
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VULPINE
- VULPINE
Rank thresholds
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
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eleven
- enliven
- ennui
- epee
- even
- evil
- innie
- levee
- level
- lien
- lieu
- line
- linen
- lineup
- live
- liven
- lune
- lupine
- nene
- nine
- ninepin
- nipple
- peel
- peen
- peep
- peeve
- penile
- penne
- pile
- pileup
- pine
- pipe
- pipeline
- plie
- pule
- uneven
- unlevel
- unpen
- unpile
- unveil
- veep
- veil
- vein
- venue
- venule
- vile
- vine
- vulpine
- vulpine
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, March 21, 2026 uses the seven letters E, I, L, N, P, U, V, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.