Spelling Bee hints and answers for Thursday, March 12, 2026
A Thursday Bee built around the center letter C: 39 words, 231 points in total and Genius at 161, with one pangram, PENCILED at the top of the list. The DE- family alone contributes 8 of the 39 words, more than any other family on the board. The words on this board run from 4 to 12 letters in length, and every one of them is listed below.
Hints, in order
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Every word must contain the center letter C. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
There is one pangram today, it is 8 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Look for word families: words built on DE- (DECIDE, DECIDED, DECLINE, DECLINED) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
Each uses all seven letters: C, D, E, I, L, N, P.
All 39 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.