NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 12, 2020

Mar 12, 2020 · 5 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for March 12, 2020

Game Summary

Center Letter	U
Outer Letters	a, c, h, n, r, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	21 words
Total Points	122 points
Genius Level	85 points
Bingo?	No

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Spelling Bee Grid
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
Today's Complete Solution
Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee Grid

The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8	Σ
A	1	-	-	-	1	2
C	-	2	3	2	-	7
H	-	2	3	-	-	5
N	-	-	-	-	-	-
R	-	1	1	1	-	3
U	-	1	-	1	-	2
Y	1	1	-	-	-	2
Σ	2	7	7	4	1	21

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

A	AC×1 AU×1
C	CH×3 CR×2 CU×2
H	HA×1 HU×4
N
R	RA×2 RU×1
U	UN×2
Y	YU×2

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

A	ACC×1 AUR×1
C	CHU×3 CRU×2 CUR×2
H	HAU×1 HUN×1 HUR×3
N
R	RAU×2 RUN×1
U	UNA×1 UNC×1
Y	YUA×1 YUC×1

Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)

The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.

Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.

Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (^†).

Word	2L Ref	Definition (click to reveal)
ac......	AC8	The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
au..	AU4	Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
ch....	CH6	A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
ch.....	CH7	Piously Christian.
ch...	CH5	To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
cr....	CR6	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
cr.....	CR7	Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
cu....	CU6	The office or position of a curate
cu...	CU5	One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
ha....	HA6	The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
hu...	HU5	A hump; a protuberance.
hu....	HU6	Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
hu....	HU6	Alternative form of hooray.
hu...	HU5	Rushed action.
ra....	RA6	Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy.
ra..... ^†	RA7	Smutty; indecent.
ru...	RU5	Fluid; capable of flowing.
un...	UN5	Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
un.....	UN7	Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
yu..	YU4	The basic unit of money in China.
yu...	YU5	Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

Today's Complete Solution

The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.

Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.

accuracy (AC8)
aura (AU4)
church (CH6)
churchy (CH7)
churn (CH5)
crunch (CR6)
crunchy (CR7)
curacy (CU6)
curry (CU5)
haunch (HA6)
hunch (HU5)
hurrah (HU6)
hurray (HU6)
hurry (HU5)
raunch (RA6)
raunchy^† (RA7)
runny (RU5)
unary (UN5)
uncanny (UN7)
yuan (YU4)
yucca (YU5)

Answer Definitions

accuracy (noun): The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
aura (noun): Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
church (noun): A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
churchy (adjective): Piously Christian.
churn (verb): To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
crunch (verb): To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
crunchy (adjective): Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
curacy (noun): The office or position of a curate
curry (noun): One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
haunch (noun): The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
hunch (noun): A hump; a protuberance.
hurrah (interjection): Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
hurray (interjection): Alternative form of hooray.
hurry (noun): Rushed action.
raunch (noun): Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy.
raunchy^† (adjective): Smutty; indecent.
runny (adjective): Fluid; capable of flowing.
unary (adjective): Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
uncanny (adjective): Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
yuan (noun): The basic unit of money in China.
yucca (noun): Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.