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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

A
B
C
E
I
L
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

62

accepted entries

Total points

386

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

270

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CELIBATE
  • BALLETIC
  • CELIBATE
  • BALLETIC
  • CITABLE
  • CITABLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • abaci
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acetal
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • attic
B 4 words
  • bacilli
  • balletic
  • balletic
  • biblical
C 24 words
  • cabal
  • cabala
  • cabbie
  • cable
  • cacti
  • calcite
  • call
  • calla
  • callable
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • cattle
  • celeb
  • celiac
  • celibate
  • celibate
  • cell
  • celli
  • ciabatta
  • cilia
  • citable
  • citable
  • cite
  • cleat
E 6 words
  • eclat
  • eclectic
  • elect
  • electable
  • electee
  • elicit
I 4 words
  • icicle
  • iliac
  • illicit
  • italic
L 10 words
  • lace
  • lactate
  • lacteal
  • lactic
  • laic
  • laical
  • lattice
  • lice
  • licit
  • lilac
T 7 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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