March 24, 2024, Sunday

Spelling Bee Answers for Sunday, March 24, 2024

Mar 24, 2024, Sunday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, L, D, C, I, O, R honeycomb (center letter R) feature 65 words, a 268-point total, 1 Pangram (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 8-letter longest word: CARDIOID, CORRIDOR, RAILROAD.

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Spelling Bee hive for March 24, 2024 with center letter R and surrounding letters A,L,D,C,I and O

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Sunday, March 24, 2024 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

7/10

Hard

73rd percentile

Avg Word Length

5.22

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

64/100

Rare

Rarer than 64% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

63 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Missing: I

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

3×8L11×7L9×6L6×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 188 pts

29 words3×8L11×7L5×6L10×5L

Vowel Split

43%

Balanced mix

146 vowels · 193 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start13 PTS
15%Moving Up40 PTS
25%Good67 PTS
40%Solid107 PTS
50%Nice134 PTS
60%Great161 PTS
65%Amazing174 PTS
70%Genius188 PTS
100%Queen Bee268 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 65 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Sunday, March 24, 2024. 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

35%

28%

12%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

26 words

16 words

9 words

11 words (Pangram)

3 words

Share of 65 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

65 words

100%

45 words

69%

41 words

63%

35 words

54%

34 words

52%

32 words

49%

32 words

49%

Share of 65 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

26 pts

80 pts

54 pts

84 pts (Pangram)

24 pts

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2335%

1828%

812%

58%

35%

Share of 65 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 268 ranks in the 80th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2024-03-23.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 65 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 95th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2024-03-23.
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 Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2024-03-20.
The estimated solve time of 54–72 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

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

acara
acardia
acardiac
acari
acaricidal
acarid
acaroid
acarol
accra
acoria
acridid
acrocoracoid
adar
adoral
adrad
adradial
alar
alaric
alcor
araca
aracari
arad
aradid
arado
aralia
arara
ararao
arca
arcadic
ardri
arilli
arilloid
aroar
aroid
arolia
arolla
arriccio
caiarara
cair
caird
cairo
calcar
calcaria
caldaria
cara
caracal
caracara
caraco
caracoa
caracol
caracora
caradoc
cardia
cardiacal
cardial
cardo
cardol
carid
carida
caridoid
cariri
carl
carli
carlo
caro
caroa
caroli
carr
carrara
carri
carrocci
carroccio
carroll
cidarid
circ
circar
cirl
clair
clar
clara
claro
cocorico
colorado
cora
coracoid
coracoidal
coradical
coralla
coralloid
coralloidal
cordal
coria
coroado
corol
corollarial
corr
corradial
corrido
craal
cric
cricoid
criolla
criollo
crocard
crool
daira
darci
dard
dardaol
dardic
dari
daric
darii
darr
diarial
doddard
dora
dorad
doric
dorical
dorr
draco
drail
droil
icaria
irid
iridal
iridial
iridic
laari
laird
laralia
lararia
lari
larid
lariid
laroid
liard
lidar
liri
loir
lollard
loord
lora
loral
lorarii
lori
loric
lorica
loricarioid
oorali
oord
oorial
orad
oraria
ordo
orlo
orra
raad
racloir
rada
radialia
radiolaria
raia
rall
ricardo
ricrac
riroriro
rodd
roid
rollo
rool
roral
rori
roric
rorid

*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.