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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AFGINRM

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Words
56
Points
320
Genius
224
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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  • affirm

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • affirming

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  • aiming

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • airman

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • anagram

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  • anagramming

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  • anima

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • arming

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  • farm

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • farming

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  • firm

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • firming

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  • framing

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  • gamin

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • gaming

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • gamma

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • gram

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • gramma

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • grammar

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • grammarian

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  • grim

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • imaging

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • imagining

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • imam

    noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.

    noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • infirm

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  • infirming

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  • mafia

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • magi

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • magma

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • maim

    noun — A serious wound

    verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • maiming

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • main

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • managing

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • manga

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • mania

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • manna

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • manning

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • margin

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  • marina

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • marinara

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • marm

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • marring

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  • miff

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • miffing

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  • miming

    verb — To act without words.

    verb — To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

    noun — A performance in mime.

    verb — To mimic.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • mini

    adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.

    noun — A miniskirt.

    noun — A minicomputer.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • minim

    noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

    noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

    noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

    noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

    noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.

    noun — A small fish; a minnow.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • minima

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • mining

    noun — The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

    verb — To remove (ore) from the ground.

    verb — To dig into, for ore or metal.

    noun — Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof-of-work

    noun — The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode

    verb — To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • mirin

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • miring

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • naming

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • ramming

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  • rimming

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

farming, framing are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • af×2
  • ai×2
  • an×3
  • ar×1
  • fa×2
  • fi×2
  • fr×1
  • ga×3
  • gr×5
  • im×3
  • in×2
  • ma×18
  • mi×9
  • na×1
  • ra×1
  • ri×1

Words by first letter and length

4567891011Σ
a ·141·1·1 8
f 2··3···· 5
g 2221··1· 8
i 1·11·2·· 5
m 78642··· 27
n ··1····· 1
r ···2···· 2
Σ 121114122311 56

The numbers

Genius today takes 224 points of 320 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.

Total points vs. all 380 recorded puzzles
90th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
74th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers

412 today34.6% all-time511 today22.8% all-time614 today19.9% all-time712 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time93 today2.6% all-time101 today1.2% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Friday, February 27, 2026 Monday, February 16, 2026
f Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Sunday, January 4, 2026
g Monday, February 23, 2026 Thursday, January 22, 2026
i Saturday, February 28, 2026 Saturday, February 28, 2026
m ● Thursday, February 26, 2026 Saturday, February 21, 2026
n Thursday, February 26, 2026 Wednesday, February 18, 2026
r Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Tuesday, February 3, 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.