March 10, 2023, Friday

Spelling Bee Answers for Friday, March 10, 2023

Mar 10, 2023, Friday Spelling Bee Answers for the T, A, P, L, I, N, C honeycomb (center letter C) feature 55 words, a 296-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: ANTICIPANT.

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Spelling Bee hive for March 10, 2023 with center letter C and surrounding letters T,A,P,L,I and N

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Friday, March 10, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

4/10

Medium

43rd percentile

Avg Word Length

5.85

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

13/100

Common

Rarer than 13% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

45 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×10L3×9L2×8L10×7L13×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 207 pts

29 words1×10L3×9L2×8L10×7L12×6L1×5L

Vowel Split

40%

Balanced mix

128 vowels · 194 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start15 PTS
15%Moving Up44 PTS
25%Good74 PTS
40%Solid118 PTS
50%Nice148 PTS
60%Great178 PTS
65%Amazing192 PTS
70%Genius207 PTS
100%Queen Bee296 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 55 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Friday, March 10, 2023. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

42%

16%

13%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2023-03-09

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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Word Length Distribution

11 words

13 words

15 words

10 words

2 words

3 words (Pangram)

1 word

10L

Share of 55 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

55 words

100%

49 words

89%

39 words

71%

32 words

58%

26 words

47%

25 words

45%

15 words

27%

Share of 55 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

11 pts

65 pts

90 pts

70 pts

16 pts

34 pts (Pangram)

10 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2342%

916%

713%

59%

12%

Share of 55 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 296 ranks in the 88th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-03-09.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 55 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 80th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-03-09.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2023-03-07.
The estimated solve time of 38–52 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a steady solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acana
acapnia
acapnial
acatallactic
acca
acct
acini
acinic
aclinal
aclinic
acpt
acta
actin
actinal
actinia
actinian
actinic
alcaic
alcanna
alicant
alicia
allanitic
allicin
altaic
anaclitic
ancilia
ancilla
ancipital
anicca
anilic
antical
anticapital
anticlinal
apical
apician
aplanatic
aplitic
atactic
atlantic
atlantica
attacca
attical
caca
cacana
cain
cainian
cainitic
calc
calcic
calcitic
calin
calippic
callan
callant
callat
calli
callippic
calp
calpac
cana
canaan
canaanitic
caninal
cann
cantala
cantic
cantil
capa
capillitia
capillitial
capita
capitan
caplan
caplin
captan
cataian
catalan
catalatic
catalina
catallactic
catapan
catlap
catlin
catti
ccitt
cicala
cilician
cill
cincinnal
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
cippi
cital
clapt
clat
clinal
clinia
clint
clipt
clit
clitic
cnicin
ictic
ilicin
illitic
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incapacitant
incipit
incitant
incl
inclip
italical
laccic
laccin
lacinia
lactant
lacticinia
lantaca
lapactic
laplacian
lappic
licca
licinian
lilacin
linac
lipic
niantic
nici
nictitant
paca
pacinian
palaic
palatic
panical
pataca
pical
piccalilli
piccanin
pici
pict
pincian
pincpinc
pinic
pittacal
placit
platinic
plica
plical
tacan
tacana
tacanan
tanitic
tannaic
tannaitic
tantalic
tical
ticca
tinc
tincal
tipcat
titanical
titanitic
titianic

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.