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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ABRTUYI

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Words
21
Points
113
Genius
79
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • airy

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • arbitrary

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • aria

    noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • atria

    noun — A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

    noun — A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

    noun — A cavity, entrance, or passage.

    noun — Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • bait

    noun — Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

    noun — Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something

    verb — To attract with bait; to entice.

    verb — To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.

    noun — Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.

    verb — To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • barbarity

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • birria

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • briar

    noun — Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

    noun — The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.

    noun — Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

    noun — A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • briary

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • itty

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • rabbi

    noun — A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.

    noun — A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.

    noun — (police) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • rabbit

    noun — A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.

    verb — To hunt rabbits.

    verb — To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.

    verb — Confound; damn; drat.

    noun — The meat from this animal.

    noun — The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • raita

    noun — A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • rarity

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • ribbit

    noun — The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

    verb — To make the sound of a frog or toad.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • ribby

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tiara

    noun — The papal crown.

    noun — An ornamental coronet.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • tibia

    noun — The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone

    noun — The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.

    noun — The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.

    noun — A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • trait

    noun — An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.

    noun — An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • tributary

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  • tutti

    noun — A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing

    adjective — All together; with all playing at once.

    adverb — All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ai×1
  • ar×2
  • at×1
  • ba×2
  • bi×1
  • br×2
  • it×1
  • ra×4
  • ri×2
  • ti×2
  • tr×2
  • tu×1

Words by first letter and length

4569Σ
a 21·1 4
b 1121 5
i 1··· 1
r ·33· 6
t ·4·1 5
Σ 4953 21

The numbers

Genius today takes 79 points of 113 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 398 recorded puzzles
9th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
2nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17987 recorded answers

44 today34.6% all-time59 today22.8% all-time65 today19.9% all-time712.0% all-time86.3% all-time93 today2.6% all-time101.3% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Sunday, March 22, 2026 Sunday, March 22, 2026
b Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Monday, March 9, 2026
i ● Sunday, March 22, 2026 Friday, March 13, 2026
r Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Wednesday, March 18, 2026
t Friday, March 20, 2026 Monday, February 9, 2026
u Monday, March 23, 2026 Monday, March 23, 2026
y Thursday, March 19, 2026 Saturday, February 7, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 31
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  5. toot 29
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 26
  8. mamma 26
  9. acacia 24
  10. acai 24
  11. olio 24
  12. cocoon 23
  13. loon 23
  14. nene 23
  15. aria 22
  16. imam 22
  17. maim 22
  18. bill 22
  19. mini 22
  20. minim 22
  21. neon 22
  22. none 22
  23. lilt 21
  24. till 21
  25. tilt 21

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.