Spelling Bee March 8, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
260
Pangrams
4
Genius score
182
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAPPENING
- HAPPENING
- HEAPING
- HEAPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
104 pts
40%
Amazing
130 pts
50%
Genius
182 pts
70%
Queen Bee
260 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agape
- apian
- aping
- apnea
- epee
- gape
- gaping
- happen
- happening
- happening
- heap
- heaping
- heaping
- hippie
- nape
- napping
- neap
- ninepin
- nipping
- paean
- pagan
- page
- paging
- pain
- paining
- pane
- pang
- panini
- panning
- papa
- peahen
- peeing
- peen
- peep
- peeping
- pegging
- penne
- penning
- pepping
- pigging
- pigpen
- pine
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- pipe
- piping
- pippin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, March 8, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, G, H, I, N, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 260 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 182 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.