NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 8, 2026

Sunday, March 8, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, March 8, 2026 puts I in the center, with A, C, N, O, T, X around it. There are 125 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes I. Tap a word for a short definition.

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125Words

793Points

555Genius

5Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes I.

Pangrams

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Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI

Vowels3

Rare lettersX

Words125

Points793

Pangrams5

Longest word13

Average length6.5

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 555 points. Queen Bee is 793.

Your score Genius · 238 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start16

Moving Up40

Good63

Solid119

Nice198

Great317

Amazing397

555Genius555

Queen Bee793

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 793 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

ANTITOXIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, I ×2

INTOXICANT

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, N ×2, T ×2

INTOXICATION

12 letters 19 points 6 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×3, N ×2, T ×2, O ×2

NONINTOXICANT

13 letters 20 points 5 vowels 8 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×4, O ×2, I ×2, T ×2

TOXICANT

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 394 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 96th percentile

Total points 99th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	125	73.5	154	18
Points	793	353.2	892	60
Pangrams	5	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The March 8, 2026 hive put I in the center with A, C, N, O, T, X around it. Queen Bee needed all 125 words (793 points). Genius sat at 555.

Pangrams on this date: ANTITOXIC, INTOXICANT, INTOXICATION, NONINTOXICANT, TOXICANT. Top starting letters: A (31), C (26). Longest accepted word: 13 letters. Difficulty: Medium.