Spelling Bee March 5, 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
57
Total points
282
Pangrams
2
Genius score
197
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MATRIARCH
- MATRIARCH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
70 pts
25%
Great
112 pts
40%
Amazing
141 pts
50%
Genius
197 pts
70%
Queen Bee
282 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- aitch
- arch
- archaic
- arctic
- armchair
- arthritic
- attach
- attic
- attract
- cacti
- cami
- carat
- cart
- cataract
- catarrh
- catch
- cathartic
- chai
- chair
- char
- charm
- chart
- chat
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chit
- chitchat
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- cram
- critic
- hatch
- hitch
- itch
- maraca
- march
- mariachi
- match
- matcha
- matriarch
- matriarch
- mica
- mimic
- rich
- tach
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tarmac
- thatch
- tract
- tramcar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 5, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, M, R, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 282 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 197 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.