NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 2, 2021

Mar 2, 2021 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for March 2, 2021

Game Summary

Center Letter	E
Outer Letters	f, g, l, n, u, v
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	28 words
Total Points	108 points
Genius Level	76 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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
E	1	-	2	-	-	3
F	5	1	2	-	-	8
G	4	1	-	1	-	6
L	2	3	-	-	-	5
N	1	-	-	-	-	1
U	-	-	1	1	-	2
V	-	1	1	-	1	3
Σ	13	6	6	2	1	28

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

E	EL×1 EN×1 EV×1
F	FE×3 FL×2 FU×3
G	GE×2 GL×4
L	LE×2 LU×3
N	NE×1
U	UN×2
V	VE×3

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

E	ELE×1 ENG×1 EVE×1
F	FEE×1 FEL×1 FEN×1 FLE×1 FLU×1 FUE×1 FUG×1 FUN×1
G	GEL×1 GEN×1 GLE×3 GLU×1
L	LEV×2 LUG×1 LUN×2
N	NEN×1
U	UNE×1 UNL×1
V	VEN×3

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)
el....	EL6	The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
en....	EN6	To overwhelm.
ev..	EV4	Flat and level.
fe..	FE4	To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
fe..	FE4	To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
fe....	FE6	A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
fl..	FL4	To run away; to escape.
fl..	FL4	A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
fu..	FU4	Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
fu...	FU5	A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
fu....	FU6	A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
ge...	GE5	Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
ge..	GE4	A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
gl..	GL4	Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
gl.....	GL7	Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
gl..	GL4	A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
gl..	GL4	A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
le...	LE5	An elevated geographical feature.
le...	LE5	The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
lu..	LU4	A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
lu..	LU4	A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
lu...	LU5	A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
ne..	NE4	The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
un....	UN6	Not even
un.....	UN7	Not level.
ve...... ^†	VE8	Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
ve...	VE5	A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
ve....	VE6	A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.

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.

eleven (EL6)
engulf (EN6)
even (EV4)
feel (FE4)
fell (FE4)
fennel (FE6)
flee (FL4)
flue (FL4)
fuel (FU4)
fugue (FU5)
funnel (FU6)
gelee (GE5)
gene (GE4)
glee (GL4)
gleeful (GL7)
glen (GL4)
glue (GL4)
levee (LE5)
level (LE5)
luge (LU4)
lune (LU4)
lunge (LU5)
nene (NE4)
uneven (UN6)
unlevel (UN7)
vengeful^† (VE8)
venue (VE5)
venule (VE6)

Answer Definitions

eleven (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
engulf (verb): To overwhelm.
even (adjective): Flat and level.
feel (verb): To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
fell (verb): To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
fennel (noun): A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
flee (verb): To run away; to escape.
flue (noun): A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
fuel (noun): Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
fugue (noun): A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
funnel (noun): A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
gleeful (adjective): Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
glue (noun): A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
levee (noun): An elevated geographical feature.
level (adjective): The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
luge (noun): A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
lune (noun): A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
lunge (noun): A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
uneven (adjective): Not even
unlevel (adjective): Not level.
vengeful^† (adjective): Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
venue (noun): A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
venule (noun): A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein.