Spelling Bee Hints & Answers Today

Saturday, November 7, 2026 · new hints every day after 3 AM New York time

ADELMVI

77 words
306 points
1 pangram
Genius at 214 points

Stuck on today's Spelling Bee? Use the hints from the top down: each step gives away a little more. The center letter is I and every word must use it. Nothing below spoils a word unless you tap Show.

Your words so far (optional): type or paste the words you have found, and the hints below count only the words you are still missing.

Step 1: the hint grid

How many words start with each letter, by word length.

	4	5	6	7	8	Σ
A	3	5	1	1	-	10
D	7	2	5	6	-	20
E	1	2	2	1	-	6
I	3	3	-	-	-	6
L	5	2	3	1	-	11
M	8	2	5	-	1	16
V	4	3	1	-	-	8
Σ	31	19	17	9	1	77

Step 2: the two-letter list

How many words start with each pair of letters.

AI-4 AL-2 AM-1 AV-3 DA-1 DE-3 DI-16 ED-1 EL-2 EM-2 EV-1 ID-4 IM-1 IV-1 LA-2 LE-1 LI-8 MA-5 ME-3 MI-8 VA-1 VE-2 VI-5

Step 3: the pangram

A pangram uses all seven letters and is worth 7 extra points.

M · 8 Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
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MEDIEVAL

Step 4: a clue for every word

First letter, length and a short meaning. Tap Show to see one word at a time.

A

A · 4 An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
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AIDE
A · 4 Starts with AM
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AMID
A · 4 Ardently or excessively desirous
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AVID
A · 5 Having help
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AIDED
A · 5 Be ill or unwell
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AILED
A · 5 Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
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AIMED
A · 5 Possessing life
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ALIVE
A · 5 A means of serving
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AVAIL
A · 6 Related by common characteristics or ancestry
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ALLIED
A · 7 Take advantage of
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AVAILED

D

D · 4 A shop selling ready-to-eat food products
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DELI
D · 4 The face of a timepiece
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DIAL
D · 4 Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to…
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DIED
D · 4 Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
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DILL
D · 4 A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
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DIME
D · 4 A distinguished female operatic singer
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DIVA
D · 4 A distinguished female operatic singer
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DIVE
D · 5 An evil supernatural being
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DEVIL
D · 5 Drop steeply
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DIVED
D · 6 An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
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DIADEM
D · 6 Starts with DI
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DIALED
D · 6 Deprive of by deceit
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DIDDLE
D · 6 Made dim or less bright
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DIMMED
D · 6 A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or…
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DIVIDE
D · 7 Behave carelessly or indifferently
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DALLIED
D · 7 Cause annoyance in
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DEVILED
D · 7 Deprive of by deceit
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DIDDLED
D · 7 State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally…
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DILEMMA
D · 7 Separated into parts or pieces
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DIVIDED
D · 7 Starts with DI
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DIVVIED

E

E · 4 Morally bad or wrong
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EVIL
E · 5 Leave or strike out
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ELIDE
E · 5 A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a…
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EMAIL
E · 6 Flow in a circular current, of liquids
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EDDIED
E · 6 Leave or strike out
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ELIDED
E · 7 Communicate electronically on the computer
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EMAILED

I

I · 4 The content of cognition
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IDEA
I · 4 Not in action or at work
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IDLE
I · 4 Starts with IM
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IMAM
I · 5 Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
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IDEAL
I · 5 Starts with ID
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IDLED
I · 5 Overgrown with ivy
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IVIED

L

L · 4 Set down according to a plan
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LAID
L · 4 A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
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LIED
L · 4 Starts with LI
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LIMA
L · 4 A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
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LIME
L · 4 Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
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LIVE
L · 5 Be an inhabitant of or reside in
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LIVED
L · 5 Anemic looking from illness or emotion
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LIVID
L · 6 A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
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LADDIE
L · 6 Impose and collect
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LEVIED
L · 6 Having or covered with a lid or lids
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LIDDED
L · 7 Sweetened beverage of lime juice and water
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LIMEADE

M

M · 4 A female domestic
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MAID
M · 4 The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
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MAIL
M · 4 Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
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MAIM
M · 4 Used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf
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MIDI
M · 4 Moderate in type or degree or effect or force
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MILD
M · 4 A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet
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MILE
M · 4 A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
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MILL
M · 4 An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
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MIME
M · 5 A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
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MEDIA
M · 5 Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
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MIMED
M · 6 Send via the postal service
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MAILED
M · 6 People who are wounded
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MAIMED
M · 6 Dividing an animal into right and left halves
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MEDIAL
M · 6 Of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
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MIDDLE
M · 6 Having the husk or outer layers removed
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MILLED

V

V · 4 A garment that covers the head and face
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VEIL
V · 4 A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for…
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VIAL
V · 4 Compete for something
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VIED
V · 4 Morally reprehensible
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VILE
V · 5 Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
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VALID
V · 5 Detached or semidetached suburban house
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VILLA
V · 5 Evoking lifelike images within the mind
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VIVID
V · 6 Muted or unclear
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VEILED

Step 5: all of today's answers

Show all 77 answers for Nov 7, 2026

AIDE AIDED AILED AIMED ALIVE ALLIED AMID AVAIL AVAILED AVID DALLIED DELI DEVIL DEVILED DIADEM DIAL DIALED DIDDLE DIDDLED DIED DILEMMA DILL DIME DIMMED DIVA DIVE DIVED DIVIDE DIVIDED DIVVIED EDDIED ELIDE ELIDED EMAIL EMAILED EVIL IDEA IDEAL IDLE IDLED IMAM IVIED LADDIE LAID LEVIED LIDDED LIED LIMA LIME LIMEADE LIVE LIVED LIVID MAID MAIL MAILED MAIM MAIMED MEDIA MEDIAL MEDIEVAL MIDDLE MIDI MILD MILE MILL MILLED MIME MIMED VALID VEIL VEILED VIAL VIED VILE VILLA VIVID

Pangrams are in bold.

Points you need for each rank

Rank	Points	Share of the total
Beginner	0	0 %
Good Start	6	2 %
Moving Up	15	5 %
Good	24	8 %
Solid	46	15 %
Nice	77	25 %
Great	122	40 %
Amazing	153	50 %
Genius	214	70 %
Queen Bee	306	100 %

4-letter words score 1 point, longer words 1 point per letter, and a pangram adds 7. Point totals for ranks are rounded; the official game can differ by a point.

Yesterday's answers (Nov 6, 2026)

CINOTUL

47 words, 178 points. Pangrams: LINOCUT, LOCUTION.

CLINIC CLOT CLOUT COIL COLIC COLON COLONIC COLT COOL COTILLION COUNCIL CULL CULT CULTIC ILLICIT LICIT LILT LINOCUT LINT LION LOCI LOCO LOCUTION LOIN LOLL LOON LOOT LOTION LOTTO LOUT LULL LULU NONILLION NULL OCCULT OCTILLION OCULI OLIO TILL TILT TOIL TOLL TOOL UNCOIL UNCOOL UNLIT UNTIL

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How to use these hints

Every day the New York Times Spelling Bee gives you seven letters in a honeycomb. You make words of at least four letters, every word must contain the letter in the middle, and letters can be used more than once. The puzzle has a fixed list of accepted words, and finding all of them makes you Queen Bee.

The hints on this page go from gentle to full answers. Start with the grid: it shows how many words of each length start with each letter. The two-letter list narrows it down to the first two letters. If you are still stuck, read the clues: each one gives a word's first letter, its length and a short meaning, and you can open the answer for that one word only. The full list is at the bottom, folded away.

Already found some words? Type them in the box near the top. The grid, the two-letter list and the clues then show only what is still missing, so you can see at a glance which letters and lengths to work on.

Tips for a higher score

Look for the pangram first: it is worth the most points, and longer words usually hide shorter ones.
Try common endings with today's letters: -ING, -ED, -ION, -ER or -LY often turn one word into two or three.
Words that repeat letters count, so try doubles like DOOR or POOP when the letters allow.
Shuffle the outer letters. A new order often shows a word you kept looking past.

Questions

When do the hints change?

The New York Times publishes a new Spelling Bee at 3 AM Eastern time. This page switches to the new puzzle shortly after that and keeps yesterday's answers further down.

Why is a word I found not on the list?

The official game accepts only common words chosen by its editor, so many real words, names and very rare words are left out. Our Spelling Bee solver uses a much larger dictionary and shows those words too.