NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 16, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | G |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, n, o, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 46 words |
| Total Points | 226 points |
| Genius Level | 158 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 13 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| G | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 14 |
| N | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| O | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| T | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| U | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | Σ | 13 | 8 | 18 | 6 | - | 1 | 46 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×1 DO×7 DU×5 |
|---|---|
| E | ED×2 EG×2 |
| G | GE×3 GO×9 GU×2 |
| N | NU×3 |
| O | OG×1 OU×4 |
| T | TO×5 TU×1 |
| U | UN×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEN×1 DOD×2 DOG×4 DON×1 DUD×1 DUG×2 DUN×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EDG×2 EGG×2 |
| G | GEN×2 GEO×1 GON×3 GOO×2 GOT×1 GOU×3 GUN×1 GUT×1 |
| N | NUD×2 NUG×1 |
| O | OGE×1 OUT×4 |
| T | TOG×1 TON×4 TUG×1 |
| U | UNG×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ou....... † | OU9 | past participle of outgun |
| to..... † | TO7 | Resembling a tongue. |
| de.... | DE6 | An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain. |
| do... | DO5 | To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of dodge |
| do.. | DO4 | The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa. |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of dog |
| do... | DO5 | Only used in lie doggo. |
| do..... | DO7 | Euphemistic form of goddamned. |
| do.. | DO4 | The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫ |
| du..... | DU7 | A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation. |
| du.... | DU6 | A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions. |
| du.... | DU6 | A canoe made from a hollowed-out log. |
| du.. | DU4 | Manure; animal excrement. |
| du..... | DU7 | An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle. |
| ed.. | ED4 | The boundary line of a surface. |
| ed... | ED5 | simple past tense and past participle of edge |
| eg... | EG5 | simple past tense and past participle of egg |
| eg.... | EG6 | A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. |
| 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. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A gentleman. |
| ge... | GE5 | A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall. |
| go.. | GO4 | past participle of go |
| go.. | GO4 | A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. |
| go.... | GO6 | simple past and past participle of gong |
| go.. | GO4 | Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral. |
| go.. | GO4 | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). |
| go.... | GO6 | past participle of get |
| go... | GO5 | Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials. |
| go.... | GO6 | simple past and past participle of gouge |
| go.. | GO4 | An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. |
| gu.... | GU6 | simple past and past participle of gun |
| gu.... | GU6 | Eviscerated. |
| nu... | NU5 | A gentle push. |
| nu.... | NU6 | simple past and past participle of nudge |
| nu.... | NU6 | A small, compact chunk or clump. |
| og.. | OG4 | A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape. |
| ou... | OU5 | To go out, to set forth. |
| ou..... | OU7 | past participle of outgo |
| ou.... | OU6 | To defeat in terms of firepower. |
| to.... | TO6 | Dressed; clothed. |
| to.. | TO4 | An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. |
| to.... | TO6 | simple past and past participle of tong |
| to.... | TO6 | The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. |
| tu.... | TU6 | simple past tense and past participle of tug |
| un..... | UN7 | Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes. |
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.
- outgunned† (OU9)
- tongued† (TO7)
- dengue (DE6)
- dodge (DO5)
- dodged (DO6)
- doge (DO4)
- dogged (DO6)
- doggo (DO5)
- doggone (DO7)
- dong (DO4)
- dudgeon (DU7)
- dugong (DU6)
- dugout (DU6)
- dung (DU4)
- dungeon (DU7)
- edge (ED4)
- edged (ED5)
- egged (EG5)
- eggnog (EG6)
- gene (GE4)
- gent (GE4)
- geode (GE5)
- gone (GO4)
- gong (GO4)
- gonged (GO6)
- good (GO4)
- goon (GO4)
- gotten (GO6)
- gouge (GO5)
- gouged (GO6)
- gout (GO4)
- gunned (GU6)
- gutted (GU6)
- nudge (NU5)
- nudged (NU6)
- nugget (NU6)
- ogee (OG4)
- outgo (OU5)
- outgone (OU7)
- outgun (OU6)
- togged (TO6)
- tong (TO4)
- tonged (TO6)
- tongue (TO6)
- tugged (TU6)
- unguent (UN7)
Answer Definitions
- outgunned† (verb): past participle of outgun
- tongued† (adjective): Resembling a tongue.
- dengue (noun): An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
- dodge (verb): To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- dodged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dodge
- doge (noun): The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
- dogged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dog
- doggo (adverb): Only used in lie doggo.
- doggone (adjective): Euphemistic form of goddamned.
- dong (noun): The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
- dudgeon (noun): A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
- dugong (noun): A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions.
- dugout (noun): A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.
- dung (noun): Manure; animal excrement.
- dungeon (noun): An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
- edge (noun): The boundary line of a surface.
- edged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edge
- egged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of egg
- eggnog (noun): A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
- 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.
- gent (noun): A gentleman.
- geode (noun): A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.
- gone (verb): past participle of go
- gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- gonged (verb): simple past and past participle of gong
- good (adjective): Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- gotten (verb): past participle of get
- gouge (noun): Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- gouged (verb): simple past and past participle of gouge
- gout (noun): An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
- gunned (verb): simple past and past participle of gun
- gutted (adjective): Eviscerated.
- nudge (noun): A gentle push.
- nudged (verb): simple past and past participle of nudge
- nugget (noun): A small, compact chunk or clump.
- ogee (noun): A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- outgo (verb): To go out, to set forth.
- outgone (verb): past participle of outgo
- outgun (verb): To defeat in terms of firepower.
- togged (adjective): Dressed; clothed.
- tong (noun): An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
- tonged (verb): simple past and past participle of tong
- tongue (noun): The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- tugged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tug
- unguent (noun): Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.