March 12, 2025 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from March 12, 2025, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LU.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Please note: On March 12, 2025, in celebration of its 2,500th offering, Spelling Bee featured an S-specially designed puzzle which, for the first time in its history, included the letter S.
words: 159
score: 726 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 18
bingo: yes
A x 10
B x 27
F x 75
L x 20
O x 7
S x 19
U x 1
4L x 47
5L x 54
6L x 28
7L x 17
8L x 10
9L x 2
10L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| B | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 27 |
| F | 25 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 75 |
| L | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 20 |
| O | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| S | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| U | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 47 | 54 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 159 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AF x 2 | AL x 5 | AU x 3 | |
| BA x 3 | BL x 3 | BO x 9 | BU x 12 |
| FA x 23 | FL x 17 | FO x 22 | FU x 13 |
| LA x 5 | LO x 10 | LU x 5 | |
| LUF x 4 | LUL x 1 | ||
| OA x 1 | OF x 3 | OL x 1 | OO x 2 |
| SA x 5 | SL x 2 | SO x 7 | SU x 5 |
| UF x 1 |
| plu | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | tot |
| B | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| F | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| L | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| S | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| debut appearances | 24 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | alfa |
BUFFALOS, FABULOUS
† plural noun