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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ACNORTM

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Words
56
Points
260
Genius
182
Pangrams
2

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  • ammo

    noun — Ammunition.

    verb — To load up on ammunition.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • armor

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • aroma

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • atom

    noun — The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.

    noun — (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.

    noun — The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.

    noun — In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.

    noun — The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.

    noun — A mote of dust in a sunbeam.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • camo

    noun — A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.

    verb — To camouflage.

    noun — Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

    verb — To put on camouflage clothing.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • carom

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • catamaran

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  • coatroom

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  • coma

    noun — A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

    noun — A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

    noun — A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.

    noun — A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • comma

    noun — The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

    verb — To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.

    noun — A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

    noun — Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

    noun — A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.

    noun — A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • common

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • cormorant

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  • cram

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • macaron

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  • macaroon

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  • macro

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • macron

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  • mama

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mamma

    noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mammon

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • manna

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • manor

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • manta

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • mantra

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • maraca

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • marm

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • marmot

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  • maroon

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mart

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • matron

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • moan

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • moat

    noun — A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

    verb — To surround with a moat.

    noun — An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason.

    noun — A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.

    noun — A hill or mound.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • momma

    noun — Mother

    noun — A voluptuous woman.

    noun — One's wife or girlfriend.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • mono

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • monocrat

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  • moon

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • moor

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • moot

    noun — A moot court.

    adjective — Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

    noun — A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.

    verb — To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.

    noun — Vagina.

    noun — The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • morn

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • morocco

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • moron

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • mortar

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  • motor

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  • motorcar

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  • motto

    noun — A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

    noun — A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.

    noun — A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • noncom

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • norm

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • ottoman

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • roam

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • romcom

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • room

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tarmac

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tomato

    noun — A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

    verb — To pelt with tomatoes

    noun — The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.

    noun — A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.

    noun — A desirable-looking woman.

    noun — A stupid act or person.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tomcat

    noun — A tom, a male cat.

    verb — To prowl for sexual gratification.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tram

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tramcar

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • am×1
  • ar×2
  • at×1
  • ca×3
  • co×5
  • cr×1
  • ma×17
  • mo×15
  • no×2
  • ot×1
  • ro×3
  • ta×1
  • to×2
  • tr×2

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 22···· 4
c 321·12 9
m 109823· 32
n 1·1··· 2
o ···1·· 1
r 2·1··· 3
t 1·31·· 5
Σ 191314442 56

The numbers

Genius today takes 182 points of 260 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.

Total points vs. all 380 recorded puzzles
73rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
74th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers

419 today34.6% all-time513 today22.8% all-time614 today19.9% all-time74 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92 today2.6% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Monday, March 9, 2026 Tuesday, March 3, 2026
c Sunday, March 8, 2026 Sunday, January 18, 2026
m ● Sunday, March 1, 2026 Sunday, March 1, 2026
n Sunday, March 8, 2026 Monday, March 2, 2026
o Sunday, March 8, 2026 Thursday, March 5, 2026
r Saturday, March 7, 2026 Saturday, March 7, 2026
t Sunday, March 8, 2026 Monday, February 9, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. lilt 20
  24. till 20
  25. tilt 20

Valid words the Bee rejected

Dictionary words the Bee never takes

Legitimate words (per the ENABLE list) that fit the letters but aren't official answers — usually judged too obscure.