NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 8, 2026
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, n, o, t, x |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 63 words |
| Total Points | 393 points |
| Genius Level | 275 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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 3 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| C | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 |
| I | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| N | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| O | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 15 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 9 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 63 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×3 AN×8 AT×3 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×6 CI×2 CO×7 |
| I | IC×2 IN×9 IO×2 |
| N | NA×1 NI×1 NO×3 |
| O | ON×1 |
| T | TA×8 TI×4 TO×3 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACA×2 ACT×1 ANI×1 ANN×1 ANO×3 ANT×3 ATA×1 ATT×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CAN×2 CAT×3 CIA×1 CIT×1 COA×1 COC×1 COI×1 CON×4 |
| I | ICO×2 INA×1 INC×2 INI×1 INT×5 ION×1 IOT×1 |
| N | NAT×1 NIA×1 NON×1 NOT×2 |
| O | ONI×1 |
| T | TAC×3 TAI×1 TAN×2 TAX×2 TIN×2 TIT×2 TON×1 TOX×2 |
| X |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| in........ † | IN10 | No definition found; request failed |
| in.......... † | IN12 | No definition found; request failed |
| ac.... | AC6 | A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. |
| ac.. | AC4 | Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe. |
| ac.... | AC6 | The effort of performing or doing something. |
| an... | AN5 | A negatively charged ion. |
| an........ | AN10 | A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis. |
| an.... | AN6 | To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. |
| an.... | AN6 | A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia. |
| an.... | AN6 | No definition found; request failed |
| an.. | AN4 | Opposed to something. |
| an... | AN5 | Playful, funny, absurd. |
| an....... | AN9 | A medicine able to neutralize a toxin. |
| at.... | AT6 | Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability. |
| at.... | AT6 | To gain (an object or desired result). |
| at... | AT5 | The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. |
| ca... | CA5 | plural of cactus |
| ca..... | CA7 | canonical |
| ca..... | CA7 | A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America. |
| ca....... | CA9 | A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation. |
| ca....... | CA9 | Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation. |
| ca.... | CA6 | a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis |
| ci.. | CI4 | hello, hi. |
| ci...... | CI8 | An official summons or notice given to a person to appear. |
| co... | CO5 | Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina. |
| co... | CO5 | plural of coccus |
| co.. | CO4 | A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. |
| co........ | CO10 | The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients. |
| co... | CO5 | Synonym of conical |
| co......... | CO11 | A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in. |
| co..... | CO7 | To hold inside. |
| ic.. | IC4 | An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. |
| ic.... | IC6 | Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. |
| in...... | IN8 | Lack of action or activity or labor |
| in.... | IN6 | To state solemnly, to chant. |
| in......... | IN11 | The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results. |
| in........ | IN10 | The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced |
| in.... | IN6 | Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in........ | IN10 | The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. |
| io... | IO5 | of, relating to, or containing ions |
| io.. | IO4 | The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| na.... | NA6 | A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. |
| ni.... | NI6 | A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism. |
| no...... | NO8 | Not toxic; not poisonous. |
| no...... | NO8 | The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters. |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| ta... | TA5 | Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence. |
| ta.... | TA6 | A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. |
| ta....... | TA9 | A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics. |
| ta... | TA5 | A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food. |
| ta.... | TA6 | Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin. |
| ta.... | TA6 | Tannic acid or any of its derivatives. |
| ta...... | TA8 | The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver. |
| ti... | TI5 | A tint or colour. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| ti... | TI5 | Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. |
| ti..... | TI7 | Alternative letter-case form of Titanic Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology. Having great size, or great force, power, or strength. Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants. |
| to... | TO5 | Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles. |
| to... | TO5 | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. |
| to... | TO5 | A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms. |
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.
- intoxicant† (IN10)
- intoxication† (IN12)
- acacia (AC6)
- acai (AC4)
- action (AC6)
- anion (AN5)
- annotation (AN10)
- anoint (AN6)
- anoxia (AN6)
- anoxic (AN6)
- anti (AN4)
- antic (AN5)
- antitoxin (AN9)
- ataxia (AT6)
- attain (AT6)
- attic (AT5)
- cacti (CA5)
- canonic (CA7)
- cantina (CA7)
- catatonia (CA9)
- catatonic (CA9)
- cation (CA6)
- ciao (CI4)
- citation (CI8)
- coati (CO5)
- cocci (CO5)
- coin (CO4)
- concoction (CO10)
- conic (CO5)
- connotation (CO11)
- contain (CO7)
- icon (IC4)
- iconic (IC6)
- inaction (IN8)
- incant (IN6)
- incantation (IN11)
- initiation (IN10)
- intact (IN6)
- into (IN4)
- intonation (IN10)
- ionic (IO5)
- iota (IO4)
- nation (NA6)
- niacin (NI6)
- nontoxic (NO8)
- notation (NO8)
- notion (NO6)
- onion (ON5)
- tacit (TA5)
- tactic (TA6)
- tactician (TA9)
- taint (TA5)
- tannic (TA6)
- tannin (TA6)
- taxation (TA8)
- taxi (TA4)
- tinct (TI5)
- tint (TI4)
- titan (TI5)
- titanic (TI7)
- tonic (TO5)
- toxic (TO5)
- toxin (TO5)
Answer Definitions
- intoxicant† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
- intoxication† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
- acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
- action (noun): The effort of performing or doing something.
- anion (noun): A negatively charged ion.
- annotation (noun): A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- anoint (verb): To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
- anoxia (noun): A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia.
- anoxic (n/a): No definition found; request failed
- anti (adjective): Opposed to something.
- antic (adjective): Playful, funny, absurd.
- antitoxin (noun): A medicine able to neutralize a toxin.
- ataxia (noun): Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.
- attain (verb): To gain (an object or desired result).
- attic (noun): The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
- cacti (noun): plural of cactus
- canonic (adjective): canonical
- cantina (noun): A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
- catatonia (noun): A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
- catatonic (adjective): Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
- cation (noun): a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
- ciao (interjection): hello, hi.
- citation (noun): An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
- coati (noun): Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
- cocci (noun): plural of coccus
- coin (noun): A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- concoction (noun): The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
- conic (adjective): Synonym of conical
- connotation (noun): A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
- contain (verb): To hold inside.
- icon (noun): An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
- iconic (adjective): Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
- inaction (noun): Lack of action or activity or labor
- incant (verb): To state solemnly, to chant.
- incantation (noun): The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.
- initiation (noun): The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
- intact (adjective): Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intonation (noun): The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- ionic (adjective): of, relating to, or containing ions
- iota (noun): The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- nation (noun): A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
- niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
- nontoxic (adjective): Not toxic; not poisonous.
- notation (noun): The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- tacit (adjective): Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
- tactic (noun): A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- tactician (noun): A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.
- taint (noun): A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- tannic (adjective): Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
- tannin (noun): Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
- taxation (noun): The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
- taxi (noun): A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
- tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- titan (noun): Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
- titanic (adjective): Alternative letter-case form of Titanic Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology. Having great size, or great force, power, or strength. Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.
- tonic (adjective): Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
- toxic (adjective): Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
- toxin (noun): A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.