Spelling Bee March 6, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
30
Total points
140
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TOOTHPICK
- TOOTHPICK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
140 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chic
- chichi
- chick
- chip
- chit
- cocci
- cockpit
- hick
- hippo
- hitch
- itch
- kick
- kith
- octopi
- optic
- photic
- photopic
- pick
- picot
- pipit
- pitch
- pith
- thick
- tick
- ticktock
- tiki
- tiptop
- toothpick
- toothpick
- topic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, March 6, 2021 uses the seven letters C, H, I, K, O, P, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 140 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.