Spelling Bee March 23, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
62
Total points
386
Pangrams
6
Genius score
270
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CELIBATE
- BALLETIC
- CELIBATE
- BALLETIC
- CITABLE
- CITABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
57 pts
15%
Nice
96 pts
25%
Great
154 pts
40%
Amazing
193 pts
50%
Genius
270 pts
70%
Queen Bee
386 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- acacia
- acai
- acetal
- acetate
- acetic
- attic
- bacilli
- balletic
- balletic
- biblical
- cabal
- cabala
- cabbie
- cable
- cacti
- calcite
- call
- calla
- callable
- catcall
- cattail
- cattle
- celeb
- celiac
- celibate
- celibate
- cell
- celli
- ciabatta
- cilia
- citable
- citable
- cite
- cleat
- eclat
- eclectic
- elect
- electable
- electee
- elicit
- icicle
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
- lace
- lactate
- lacteal
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- lattice
- lice
- licit
- lilac
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tactile
- talc
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, March 23, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, L, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 386 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 270 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.