Spelling Bee Answers for Thursday, March 06, 2025

Mar 06, 2025, Thursday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, L, E, C, I, T, V honeycomb (center letter V) feature 47 words, a 237-point total, 2 Pangrams (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: ALLEVIATE, CAVATELLI, VACILLATE.

Spelling Bee hive for March 6, 2025 with center letter V and surrounding letters A,L,E,C,I and T

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Thursday, March 6, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

7/10

Hard

72nd percentile

Avg Word Length

5.57

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

72/100

Rare

Rarer than 72% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

45 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

16

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

No

Missing: I

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

23

words to Genius
3×9L5×8L3×7L7×6L5×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 166 pts
23 words3×9L5×8L3×7L4×6L8×5L

Vowel Split

49%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

128 vowels · 134 consonants

Score Milestones

  • 0%Beginner0 PTS
  • 5%Good Start12 PTS
  • 15%Moving Up36 PTS
  • 25%Good59 PTS
  • 40%Solid95 PTS
  • 50%Nice119 PTS
  • 60%Great142 PTS
  • 65%Amazing154 PTS
  • 70%Genius166 PTS
  • 100%Queen Bee237 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 47 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Thursday, March 6, 2025. 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

V
32%
C
26%
L
15%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Complete Answers

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9-Letter Words 3 words

8-Letter Words 5 words

7-Letter Words 3 words

6-Letter Words 7 words

4-Letter Words 13 words

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Word Length Distribution

13 words
4L
13
16 words
5L
16
7 words
6L
7
3 words
7L
3
5 words
8L
5
3 words (Pangram)
9L
3

Share of 47 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

V
47 words
100%
E
38 words
81%
A
33 words
70%
L
31 words
66%
I
28 words
60%
C
21 words
45%
T
19 words
40%

Share of 47 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

13 pts
13
4L
80 pts
80
5L
42 pts
42
6L
21 pts
21
7L
40 pts
40
8L
41 pts (Pangram)
41
9L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

V
1532%
C
1226%
L
715%
A
613%
E
613%
T
12%

Share of 47 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

  • Today’s score of 237 ranks in the 69th percentile among all puzzles.
  • The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-03-04.
  • The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
  • The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
  • With 47 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 61st percentile overall.
  • The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-03-04.
  • 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 Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
  • Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-03-05.
  • The estimated solve time of 38–52 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*:

  • activital
  • alcavala
  • allative
  • alleviative
  • allivalite
  • alvia
  • alvite
  • atavic
  • aval
  • avale
  • aviatic
  • avie
  • avile
  • avital
  • calcavella
  • cavae
  • caval
  • cavaletti
  • cavalla
  • cavalletti
  • cavate
  • cavea
  • caveae
  • cavel
  • cavelet
  • cavetti
  • cavie
  • cavitate
  • cive
  • civie
  • clava
  • claval
  • clavate
  • clavel
  • clavellate
  • clavi
  • cleve
  • cleveite
  • clival
  • clive
  • clivia
  • elative
  • eleve
  • elve
  • elvet
  • eval
  • evitate
  • evite
  • evittate
  • illative
  • ilvaite
  • laticlave
  • lative
  • latvia
  • lavalava
  • lavatic
  • lavic
  • leva
  • levet
  • levi
  • levitative
  • levite
  • levitical
  • lieve
  • tactive
  • tattva
  • tave
  • teevee
  • titillative
  • titivil
  • tittivate
  • vaalite
  • vail
  • valeta
  • vali
  • vallate
  • valva
  • valvae
  • valval
  • valvate
  • valvelet
  • vatic
  • vatical
  • veiltail
  • vela
  • velal
  • velate
  • velella
  • veleta
  • velic
  • vell
  • vellala
  • vellicate
  • vellicative
  • velte
  • veta
  • vetitive
  • viatic
  • viatica
  • viatical
  • vielle
  • vila
  • vilela
  • vili
  • vill
  • villae
  • villatic
  • ville
  • villi
  • vita
  • vitae
  • vitalic
  • vite
  • vitellicle
  • viti
  • viticeta
  • vitta
  • vittae
  • vittate
  • vittle
  • viva
  • vivat
  • vive
  • vlei

*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.

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