Spelling Bee March 4, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
278
Pangrams
4
Genius score
194
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EFFECTING
- INFECTING
- INFECTING
- EFFECTING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
111 pts
40%
Amazing
139 pts
50%
Genius
194 pts
70%
Queen Bee
278 pts
100%
All accepted words
- citing
- effecting
- effecting
- egging
- engine
- enticing
- feign
- feigning
- feinting
- fencing
- feting
- fifing
- fining
- fitting
- gene
- genetic
- genie
- genii
- gent
- getting
- gift
- gifting
- gigging
- ginning
- icing
- ignite
- igniting
- inciting
- infecting
- infecting
- inning
- netting
- teeing
- tenting
- tinge
- tingeing
- tinging
- tinning
- tinting
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, March 4, 2026 uses the seven letters C, E, F, G, I, N, T, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 278 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 194 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.