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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Center letter R (required in every word) · Outer letters: A, I, J, N, O, T

A Wednesday Bee built around the center letter R: 67 words, 325 points in total and Genius at 227, with one pangram, JANITOR at the top of the list. The RA- family alone contributes 9 of the 67 words, more than any other family on the board. The words on this board run from 4 to 10 letters in length, and every one of them is listed below.

A
I
J
R
N
O
T
67Accepted words
325Max score
227Genius at
1Pangrams

Hints, in order

Hint 0 of 3

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Hint 1 of 3

Every word must contain the center letter R. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.

Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams

There is one pangram today, it is 7 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.

Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?

Look for word families: words built on RA- (RAIN, RAITA, RAJA, RANI) do much of the heavy work today.

The pangram

Each uses all seven letters: A, I, J, N, O, R, T.

JANITOR

All 67 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

ajar
annotator
aorta
aria
arrant
atria
attar
attrition
initiator
intro
iron
irritant
irritation
janitor
narration
narrator
nitro
noir
nonart
nori
notator
oration
orator
oratorio
rain
raita
raja
rani
rant
ratatat
ratio
ration
rattan
rioja
riot
roan
roar
root
rotation
rotator
roti
rotini
rotor
tantara
tantra
tarnation
taro
tarot
tart
tartan
tartar
tiara
titration
tori
torii
torn
toro
tort
torta
tortoni
train
trait
traitor
trattoria
trio
triton
trot
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