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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Welcome to today’s New York Times Spelling Bee hints and answers. Today’s puzzle features an average-looking board with a center letter of “R”. With a total of 28 words to find resulting in 93 total possible points, we are looking at a lower point cap, so every word counts. There is just a single pangram hiding in today’s letter set. Whether you’re stuck looking for those elusive final few words to reach Genius rank, or simply seeking a gentle nudge to get the ball rolling, you’re in the right place. Dive into our comprehensive two-letter lists, explore our word length grid, and uncover targeted Merriam-Webster definitions tailored specifically to help you without giving the entire game away immediately. Good luck mastering the hive!

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Puzzle Stats

Total Words :

28

Total Pangrams :

1

Total Points:

93

Genius Score :

65

Pangram

Finding the nyt pangram is key to reaching “Genius” status.
Below is progressive reveal to help you achieve it.

8-letter pangram 0 / 8 letters revealed
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NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Grid

Maximize your score without ruining the fun.

The grid shows how many words start with each letter, broken down by word length.

4 5 6 7 8 Σ
B 6 2 2 – 1 11
F 4 4 – – 1 9
G 3 1 – – – 4
L – – – 1 – 1
R 3 – – – – 3
Σ 16 7 2 1 2 28

Knowing the first two letters of a missing word is often the perfect clue. Here is the two letter list for today’s puzzle.

  • BL 2
  • BO 1
  • BU 8
  • FL 2
  • FO 2
  • FR 3
  • FU 2
  • GR 3
  • GU 1
  • LO 1
  • RO 2
  • RU 1

Dictionary Clues for Todays List.

BL

  1. BL4 — to make (something) unclear to the understanding; to make dark, dim, or indistinct; becloud; befog; cloud sounds like boiler, bower, burr
  2. BL5 — a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it; advertising; billing; come-on; commercial

BO

  1. BO4 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others; bastard; beast; bleeder; blighter sounds like bar, bare, bear, beer, bull

BU

  1. BU6 — sounds like vulgar
  2. BU8 — sounds like baleful, belfry, fulcrum
  3. BU4 — sounds like babe, berg, berth, bib, birch
  4. BU4 — a thickly settled, highly populated area; asphalt jungle; city; cosmopolis; megacity sounds like bag, beg, berth, big, birch
  5. BU6 — sounds like berg
  6. BU4 — sounds like bail, bale, ball, bawl, bell
  7. BU4 — a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion; buzz; chirr; churr; drone sounds like bay, beau, bee, berg, berth
  8. BU5 — a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things; ass; donkey; jackass; moke sounds like arrow, barrow, beau, bio, blow

FL

  1. FL5 — the surface upon which a body of water lies; bed; bottom sounds like for, fore, four, lore
  2. FL5 — sounds like glower

FO

  1. FO5 — to resist the temptation of; abjure; abstain (from); forbear; keep (from) sounds like cargo, faro
  2. FO4 — a disrespectful or indecent word or expression; curse; cuss; cussword; dirty word sounds like boar, bore, chore, core, door

FR

  1. FR4 — sounds like fog
  2. FR8 — as in frippery, finery; apparel; bells and whistles; blazonry; bric-a-brac sounds like accrue, fluff, fluffy, gruff, prefer
  3. FR4 — sounds like drug, rug, shrug

FU

  1. FU4 — as in curl, twirl; annulet; becket; coil; curl sounds like burl, curl, earl, fail, fall
  2. FU5 — a state of noisy, confused activity; a state of wildly excited activity or emotion; an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something; ado; alarums and excursions

GR

  1. GR4 — a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk; alcohol; aqua vitae; ardent spirits; booze sounds like frog
  2. GR4 — substances intended to be eaten; a person who does very hard or dull work; bread; chow; chuck sounds like drub, rub, shrub
  3. GR5 — harsh and dry in sound; harsh and threatening in manner or appearance; coarse; croaking; croaky sounds like rough

GU

  1. GU4 — a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field; one who brings an art or science to full realization; ace; adept; artist sounds like grew

LO

  1. LO7 — sounds like patrol

RO

  1. RO4 — to form into a round compact mass; to make a low heavy rolling sound; to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions; agglomerate; ball sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
  2. RO4 — a raised covering over something for decoration or protection; the place where one lives; awning; canopy; ceiling sounds like goof, hoof, poof, p****, reef

RU

  1. RU4 — as in pleat, plait; plait; pleat; border; edging sounds like buff, cuff, g****, huff, muff

The Complete Word List (Spoiler Alert!)

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  • blur
  • boor
  • burb
  • burg
  • burl
  • burr
  • four
  • frog
  • frug
  • furl
  • grog
  • grub
  • guru
  • roll
  • roof
  • ruff

  • blurb
  • bulgur
  • bullfrog
  • burgoo
  • burro
  • floor
  • flour
  • forgo
  • froufrou
  • furor
  • gruff
  • logroll

Valid dictionary words not in today’s official answers

Today’s puzzle have total of 33 valid dictionary words that are excluded. If you found a valid dictionary word that wasn’t accepted, it’s likely due to the New York Times Spelling Bee’s strict editorial criteria. Sam Ezersky, the puzzle’s editor, manually curates the daily word list to balance difficulty and fairness.

  • Obscure or Highly Technical Words: Medical, legal, and intensely specific scientific jargon is frequently omitted to keep the puzzle accessible to a general audience.
  • Offensive Language: Vulgar or derogatory words are universally banned.
  • Proper Nouns: Capitalized names of people or places are never allowed.
  • Hyphenated Words: Multi-word combinations containing hyphens are excluded.
  • Letter S / Plurals: The letter “S” is generally never included on a Spelling Bee board to avoid making the game too simple by tacking plurals onto every word.

  • BLOGROLL
  • BORGO
  • BOURG
  • BROG
  • BROO
  • BROOL
  • BRRR
  • BUROO
  • FLOR
  • FLUOR
  • FLURR
  • FORB
  • FULGOR
  • FULGOUR
  • FURFUR
  • FURFUROL
  • FUROL
  • FURR
  • GOOR
  • GOOROO
  • GROOF
  • GROUF
  • GRRL
  • GRRRL
  • GRUGRU
  • GURL
  • LOOR
  • LOUR
  • ROLF
  • ROUL
  • RUBOFF
  • RURU
  • URUBU