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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 12 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 8 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 27 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 27 recorded puzzles.

  • mammon

    noun — The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.

    noun — Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • manna

    noun — Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

    noun — (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.

    noun — The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • manor

    noun — A landed estate.

    noun — The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.

    noun — A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.

    noun — The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.

    noun — Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.

    noun — One's neighbourhood.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • manta

    noun — A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.

    noun — Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • mantra

    noun — The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.

    noun — (originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation.

    noun — (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • maraca

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • marm

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • marmot

    noun — Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • maroon

    noun — An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.

    verb — To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

    adjective — Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

    noun — A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

    adjective — Of a maroon color

    noun — A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • mart

    noun — A market.

    verb — To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.

    noun — A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.

    noun — Battle; contest.

    noun — A bargain.

    verb — To traffic.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • matron

    noun — A mature or elderly woman.

    noun — A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.

    noun — A woman of staid or motherly manners.

    noun — A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.

    noun — A senior female nurse in an establishment, especially a hospital or school.

    noun — A female prison officer.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • moan

    noun — A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    verb — To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

    verb — To grieve.

    verb — To distress (someone); to sadden.

    verb — To make a moan or similar sound.

    verb — To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

    Appeared in 10 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 8 recorded puzzles.

  • momma

    noun — Mother

    noun — A voluptuous woman.

    noun — One's wife or girlfriend.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • mono

    noun — A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

    noun — A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

    adjective — Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.

    adjective — Monochrome.

    noun — An injective homomorphism

    noun — A monogamous person.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • monocrat

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  • moon

    proper noun — The Earth's moon Luna; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

    noun — (by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.

    verb — To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

    proper noun — The god of the Moon in Heathenry.

    proper noun — A surname.

    proper noun — The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

    Appeared in 17 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 13 recorded puzzles.

  • morn

    noun — Morning.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • morocco

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • moron

    noun — A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.

    noun — A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • mortar

    noun — A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

    verb — To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.

    noun — A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.

    noun — A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

    verb — To pound in a mortar.

    verb — To fire a mortar (weapon).

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • motor

    noun — A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.

    verb — To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

    adjective — Relating to the ability to move

    noun — A motor car, or automobile.

    noun — A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.

    noun — Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • 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 13 recorded puzzles.

  • noncom

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • norm

    noun — That which is normal or typical.

    verb — To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.

    noun — A rule that is enforced by members of a community.

    noun — A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition.

    noun — A function, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:

    noun — A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • ottoman

    noun — An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen, etc.

    noun — A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.

    noun — A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

    Appeared in 7 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 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tomcat

    noun — A tom, a male cat.

    verb — To prowl for sexual gratification.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tram

    noun — A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).

    verb — To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.

    noun — A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

    noun — A similar vehicle for carrying materials.

    noun — A people mover.

    noun — An aerial cable car.

    Appeared in 4 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 425 recorded puzzles
73rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
75th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19174 recorded answers

419 today34.4% all-time513 today23.0% all-time614 today20.0% 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 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 31
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. acacia 25
  10. acai 25
  11. nene 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. mini 24
  14. minim 24
  15. loon 24
  16. olio 24
  17. aria 23
  18. imam 23
  19. maim 23
  20. mitt 23
  21. onto 23
  22. toon 23
  23. cancan 23
  24. canna 23
  25. neon 23

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.