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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

C
E
F
G
I
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

278

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

194

70% of total

Center letter

G

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EFFECTING
  • INFECTING
  • INFECTING
  • EFFECTING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
C 1 word
  • citing
E 5 words
  • effecting
  • effecting
  • egging
  • engine
  • enticing
F 8 words
  • feign
  • feigning
  • feinting
  • fencing
  • feting
  • fifing
  • fining
  • fitting
G 10 words
  • gene
  • genetic
  • genie
  • genii
  • gent
  • getting
  • gift
  • gifting
  • gigging
  • ginning
I 7 words
  • icing
  • ignite
  • igniting
  • inciting
  • infecting
  • infecting
  • inning
N 1 word
  • netting
T 7 words
  • 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.

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

Spelling Bee march 4 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough