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Spelling Bee March 3, 2023 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: V

A
C
E
I
N
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

314

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

219

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INACTIVATE
  • INACTIVATE
  • VACCINATE
  • VACCINATE
  • INACTIVE
  • INACTIVE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

25 pts

8%

Solid

47 pts

15%

Nice

78 pts

25%

Great

125 pts

40%

Amazing

157 pts

50%

Genius

219 pts

70%

Queen Bee

314 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • activate
  • active
  • attentive
  • avian
  • aviate
C 5 words
  • cava
  • cave
  • caveat
  • civet
  • civic
E 6 words
  • eave
  • even
  • event
  • evict
  • evictee
  • evince
I 12 words
  • inactivate
  • inactivate
  • inactive
  • inactive
  • inattentive
  • incentive
  • initiative
  • invective
  • invent
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
N 4 words
  • naive
  • naivete
  • native
  • nave
T 2 words
  • tentative
  • titivate
V 13 words
  • vacant
  • vacate
  • vaccinate
  • vaccinate
  • vaccine
  • vain
  • vane
  • vein
  • vent
  • vice
  • vine
  • vitiate
  • vivace

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 3, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, N, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 314 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 219 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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