Thursday, March 12, 2026

Spoiler Alert: This page contains all pangrams and answers for Thursday, March 12, 2026's New York Times Spelling Bee Puzzle. To see spoiler-aware hints for Thursday, March 12, 2026's Puzzle, visit the hints page.

The New York Times Spelling Bee is a word game where players form words from seven unique letters, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. Each word must include the highlighted center letter and be at least four letters long.

Thursday, March 12, 2026's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) (0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 39 answers. The highest possible score, required to win the Queen Bee crown, was 231 points. Thursday, March 12, 2026's Puzzle was a Bingo.

Thursday, March 12, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Pangrams

• penciled

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Thursday, March 12, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Answers

4 Letters

• cede
• cell
• clip
• dice
• epic
• iced
• lice
• nice

5 Letters

• ceded
• celli
• deice
• diced
• niece
• pence
• piece

6 Letters

• celled
• clinic
• decide
• deiced
• icicle
• pencil
• picnic
• pieced

7 Letters

• clipped
• decided
• decline
• deicide
• epicene
• incline

8 Letters

• declined
• inclined
• lenience
• pellicle
• penciled

9 Letters

• incidence

10 Letters

• dependence
• incipience
• penicillin

12 Letters

• independence

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