Spelling Bee hints & answers: Mar 23, 2026 (Puzzle #23792)

This page shows spoiler-layered hints and full answers for the NYT Spelling Bee hive published on Mar 23, 2026 (2026-03-23 · Puzzle #23792).

Hive overview

This hive centers on U with six outer letters. It has 52 stored words, 2 pangrams, and about 265 available points before rank thresholds.

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This hive has 52 playable words worth about 265 points in total. Aim to unlock the pangram and a few long words early to get ahead of the ranking curve.

There are 2 pangrams hidden in this hive.

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Word count matrix (starting letter × length):

	4	5	6	7+	Σ
U	4 letters–	5 letters2	6 letters–	7+ letters5	Total7
C	4 letters3	5 letters1	6 letters2	7+ letters2	Total8
D	4 letters4	5 letters2	6 letters6	7+ letters3	Total15
E	4 letters–	5 letters3	6 letters4	7+ letters–	Total7
H	4 letters2	5 letters1	6 letters2	7+ letters2	Total7
L	4 letters3	5 letters1	6 letters1	7+ letters1	Total6
N	4 letters2	5 letters–	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total2
Σ	4 letters14	5 letters10	6 letters15	7+ letters13	Total52

Approximate rank thresholds for this hive:

Good Start: 0 pts
Moving Up: 5 pts
Good: 13 pts
Solid: 21 pts
Nice: 40 pts
Great: 66 pts
Amazing: 106 pts
Genius: 186 pts
Queen Bee: 265 pts

Check your current score in the NYT game to see how close you are to each rank.

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Counts use the available unique accepted answers; they do not add dictionary guesses.

By length: 4 letters: 14 · 5 letters: 10 · 6 letters: 15 · 7 letters: 9 · 8 letters: 3 · 10 letters: 1

By first two letters: CE: 1 · CL: 2 · CU: 5 · DE: 7 · DU: 8 · ED: 2 · EL: 2 · EN: 2 · EU: 1 · HU: 7 · LU: 6 · NU: 2 · UN: 7

Pangram 1

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7 letters; worth 14 points. A perfect pangram: each hive letter appears once.

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The pangram starts with L and ends with D: L•••••D.

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LUNCHED

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LUNCHED: 7 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 14 points. Uses all seven letters: C, D, E, H, L, N, U.

Pangram 2

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10 letters; worth 17 points. Some hive letters appear more than once.

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The pangram starts with U and ends with D: U••••••••D.

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UNCLENCHED

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UNCLENCHED: 10 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 17 points. Uses all seven letters: C, D, E, H, L, N, U.

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Full answer list for this hive (alphabetical):

WordLengthScorePangram

CELLULE
7
7
No
CLUE
4
1
No
CLUED
5
5
No
CUDDLE
6
6
No
CUDDLED
7
7
No
CUED
4
1
No
CULL
4
1
No
CULLED
6
6
No
DEDUCE
6
6
No
DEDUCED
7
7
No
DELUDE
6
6
No
DELUDED
7
7
No
DENUDE
6
6
No
DENUDED
7
7
No
DEUCE
5
5
No
DUDE
4
1
No
DUEL
4
1
No
DUELED
6
6
No
DULL
4
1
No
DULLED
6
6
No
DUNCE
5
5
No
DUNE
4
1
No
DUNNED
6
6
No
EDUCE
5
5
No
EDUCED
6
6
No
ELUDE
5
5
No
ELUDED
6
6
No
ENDUE
5
5
No
ENDUED
6
6
No
EUNUCH
6
6
No
HUDDLE
6
6
No
HUDDLED
7
7
No
HUED
4
1
No
HULL
4
1
No
HULLED
6
6
No
HUNCH
5
5
No
HUNCHED
7
7
No
LULL
4
1
No
LULLED
6
6
No
LULU
4
1
No
LUNCH
5
5
No
LUNCHED
7
14
Yes
LUNE
4
1
No
NUDE
4
1
No
NULL
4
1
No
UNCEDED
7
7
No
UNCLE
5
5
No
UNCLENCH
8
8
No
UNCLENCHED
10
17
Yes
UNDUE
5
5
No
UNHEEDED
8
8
No
UNNEEDED
8
8
No

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