Spelling Bee hints and answers for Friday, March 13, 2026
A Friday Bee built around the center letter I: 59 words, 299 points in total and Genius at 209, with three pangrams, CHARIOT, HARICOT and THORACIC at the top of the list. The CH- family alone contributes 11 of the 59 words, more than any other family on the board. The words themselves run from 4 to 9 letters in length, and every single one of them is listed below in full.
Hints, in order
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Every word must contain the center letter I. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
There are three pangrams today, they run 7 to 8 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Look for word families: words built on CH- (CHAI, CHAIR, CHAOTIC, CHARIOT) do much of the heavy work today.
The three pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, C, H, I, O, R, T.
All 59 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.