Spelling Bee answers and hints for November 5, 2026

Today's puzzle is worth 249 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.

The longest answer is PINPOINTING, at 11 letters.

• goop: (informal, usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo.
• nipping: The act or sensation of giving a nip.
• opining: The act of giving one's opinion.
• opinion: A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjectiv...
• opting: (intransitive) To choose; select.
• option: One of a set of choices that can be made.
• optioning: One of a set of choices that can be made.
• pigging: (engineering) The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
• ping: (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
• pinging: The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.
• pining: The act of one who pines.
• pinion: (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
• pinioning: the act of surgically removing one pinion joint, the joint of a bird's wing farthest from the bod...
• pinning: The action of the verb pin in any sense.
• pinot: (by extension) Any of several wines made from these grapes, in particular pinot noir.
• pinpoint: Extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location.
• pinpointing: (transitive) To identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy.
• pint: A unit of volume, equivalent to:
• pinto: A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
• piping: The sound of musical pipes.
• pipit: Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground f...
• pippin: Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red.
• piton: (climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for ...
• pitting: The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.
• pivot: (figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain si...
• pivoting: A motion by which something pivots.
• pogo: (intransitive) To dance the pogo.
• pogoing
• point: A small dot or mark.
• pointing: The action of the verb to point.
• pong: (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A stench, a bad smell.
• pontoon: (card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly...
• poop: (informal, intransitive) To defecate.
• pooping: (nautical) The act of a wave (or other vessel) striking the poop (stern) of a vessel.
• popping: The act or sound of something that pops.
• potion: A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
• potting: The placing of something in a pot.
• tipi: Alternative form of teepee. [A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the ...
• tipping: The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
• tiptop: (countable, figurative) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
• toping: The highest or uppermost part of something.
• topping: Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.