NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, March 5, 2021
Longest word
arthritic
9 letters
Top scorer
matriarch
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.5
letters per word
Words by length
Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.
The hints grid
How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.
4
5
6
7
8
9
Σ
A
2
2
3
2
1
1
11
C
9
9
3
1
2
1
25
H
–
2
–
–
–
–
2
I
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
M
1
3
2
–
1
1
8
R
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
T
2
2
3
1
–
–
8
Σ
16
18
11
4
4
3
56
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 2ai 1ar 5at 3
C
ca 8ch 12ci 3cr 2
H
ha 1hi 1
I
it 1
M
ma 6mi 2
R
ri 1
T
ta 5th 1tr 2
All 56 answers
266 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acacia6
acai1
aitch5
arch1
archaic7
arctic6
armchair8
arthritic9
attach6
attic5
attract7
cacti5
cami1
carat5
cart1
cataract8
catarrh7
catch5
cathartic9
chai1
chair5
char1
charm5
chart5
chat1
chia1
chic1
chica5
chichi6
chit1
chitchat8
circa5
cirri5
citric6
cram1
critic6
hatch5
hitch5
itch1
maraca6
march5
mariachi8
match5
matcha6
★matriarchpangram16
mica1
mimic5
rich1
tach1
tacit5
tact1
tactic6
tarmac6
thatch6
tract5
tramcar7