NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 8, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, g, h, i, n |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 47 words |
| Total Points | 230 points |
| Genius Level | 161 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| G | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| H | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 9 | - | - | 30 | Σ | 15 | 7 | 11 | 13 | - | 1 | 47 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AG×1 AP×3 |
|---|---|
| E | EP×1 |
| G | GA×2 |
| H | HA×2 HE×2 HI×1 |
| I | |
| N | NA×2 NE×1 NI×2 |
| P | PA×11 PE×9 PI×10 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AGA×1 API×2 APN×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EPE×1 |
| G | GAP×2 |
| H | HAP×2 HEA×2 HIP×1 |
| I | |
| N | NAP×2 NEA×1 NIN×1 NIP×1 |
| P | PAE×1 PAG×3 PAI×2 PAN×4 PAP×1 PEA×1 PEE×4 PEG×1 PEN×2 PEP×1 PIG×2 PIN×5 PIP×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ag... | AG5 | In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open. |
| ap... | AP5 | Relating to bees. |
| ap... | AP5 | present participle of ape |
| ap... | AP5 | The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep. |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| ga.. | GA4 | To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. |
| ga.... | GA6 | present participle of gape |
| ha.... | HA6 | To occur or take place. |
| ha....... † | HA9 | present participle of happen |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he..... † | HE7 | present participle of heap |
| hi.... | HI6 | A teenager who imitated the beatniks. |
| na.. | NA4 | The back part of the neck. |
| na..... | NA7 | present participle of nap |
| ne.. | NE4 | The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. |
| ni..... | NI7 | The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle. |
| ni..... | NI7 | present participle of nip |
| pa... | PA5 | A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. |
| pa... | PA5 | Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions. |
| pa.. | PA4 | One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document. |
| pa.... | PA6 | The arrangement of pages in a book or other publication. |
| pa.. | PA4 | An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt. |
| pa..... | PA7 | present participle of pain |
| pa.. | PA4 | An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. |
| pa.. | PA4 | A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe. |
| pa.... | PA6 | A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food. |
| pa..... | PA7 | The act of one who pans, as for gold. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| pe.... | PE6 | A female peafowl. |
| pe.... | PE6 | present participle of pee |
| pe.. | PE4 | The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. |
| pe..... | PE7 | The action of the verb to peep. |
| pe..... | PE7 | The act of fastening with a peg. |
| pe... | PE5 | A type of short, diagonally cut pasta. |
| pe..... | PE7 | present participle of pen |
| pe..... | PE7 | present participle of pep |
| pi..... | PI7 | Damned (used as a mild intensive). |
| pi.... | PI6 | A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept. |
| pi.. | PI4 | Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. |
| pi.. | PI4 | A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. |
| pi..... | PI7 | present participle of ping |
| pi.... | PI6 | present participle of pine |
| pi..... | PI7 | present participle of pin |
| pi.. | PI4 | Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. The key or sound of the voice. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird. |
| pi.... | PI6 | present participle of pipe |
| pi.... | PI6 | A seed |
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.
- agape (AG5)
- apian (AP5)
- aping (AP5)
- apnea (AP5)
- epee (EP4)
- gape (GA4)
- gaping (GA6)
- happen (HA6)
- happening† (HA9)
- heap (HE4)
- heaping† (HE7)
- hippie (HI6)
- nape (NA4)
- napping (NA7)
- neap (NE4)
- ninepin (NI7)
- nipping (NI7)
- paean (PA5)
- pagan (PA5)
- page (PA4)
- paging (PA6)
- pain (PA4)
- paining (PA7)
- pane (PA4)
- pang (PA4)
- panini (PA6)
- panning (PA7)
- papa (PA4)
- peahen (PE6)
- peeing (PE6)
- peen (PE4)
- peep (PE4)
- peeping (PE7)
- pegging (PE7)
- penne (PE5)
- penning (PE7)
- pepping (PE7)
- pigging (PI7)
- pigpen (PI6)
- pine (PI4)
- ping (PI4)
- pinging (PI7)
- pining (PI6)
- pinning (PI7)
- pipe (PI4)
- piping (PI6)
- pippin (PI6)
Answer Definitions
- agape (adjective): In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
- apian (adjective): Relating to bees.
- aping (verb): present participle of ape
- apnea (noun): The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- gape (verb): To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- gaping (verb): present participle of gape
- happen (verb): To occur or take place.
- happening† (verb): present participle of happen
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- heaping† (verb): present participle of heap
- hippie (noun): A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
- nape (noun): The back part of the neck.
- napping (verb): present participle of nap
- neap (noun): The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
- ninepin (noun): The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.
- nipping (verb): present participle of nip
- paean (noun): A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
- pagan (adjective): Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
- page (noun): One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- paging (noun): The arrangement of pages in a book or other publication.
- pain (noun): An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
- paining (verb): present participle of pain
- pane (noun): An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
- pang (noun): A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
- panini (noun): A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
- panning (noun): The act of one who pans, as for gold.
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- peahen (noun): A female peafowl.
- peeing (verb): present participle of pee
- peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- peeping (noun): The action of the verb to peep.
- pegging (noun): The act of fastening with a peg.
- penne (noun): A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
- penning (verb): present participle of pen
- pepping (verb): present participle of pep
- pigging (adjective): Damned (used as a mild intensive).
- pigpen (noun): A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept.
- pine (noun): Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- ping (noun): A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- pinging (verb): present participle of ping
- pining (verb): present participle of pine
- pinning (verb): present participle of pin
- pipe (noun): Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. The key or sound of the voice. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
- piping (verb): present participle of pipe
- pippin (noun): A seed