Spelling Bee answers and hints for November 7, 2026

Today's puzzle is worth 306 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.

The longest answer is MEDIEVAL, at 8 letters.

• aide: An assistant.
• aided: having help; often used as a combining form
• ailed: (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
• aimed: Directed towards a target.
• alive: Having life; living; not dead.
• allied: Joined as allies.
• amid: Archaic form of amide. [(organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl gr...
• avail: (transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]
• availed: (transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]
• avid: Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
• dallied: To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
• deli: (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
• devil: (theology) The chief devil; Satan.
• deviled: Alternative form of devilled. [grilled with a piquant sauce.]
• diadem: An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
• dial: (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a phys...
• dialed: (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a phys...
• diddle: (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.
• diddled: (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.
• died: "Died" is a song by Alice in Chains and the final one recorded with vocalist Layne Staley before ...
• dilemma: A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally ...
• dill: Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are modera...
• dime: (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.
• dimmed: made dim or less bright
• diva: Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
• dive: (intransitive) To swim under water.
• dived: (intransitive) To swim under water.
• divide: (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
• divided: separated or split into pieces
• divvied: (informal, transitive) To divide into portions.
• eddied: (intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
• elide: To leave out or omit (something).
• elided: To leave out or omit (something).
• email: (uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily t...
• emailed: (transitive) To send an email or emails to.
• evil: Intending to harm; malevolent.
• idea: More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
• ideal: Optimal; being the best possibility.
• idle: Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
• idled: (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
• imam: (Islam) One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• ivied: Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.
• laddie: (Scotland, Northumbria) A small boy.
• laid: (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
• levied: (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
• lidded: Having a cover like a lid.
• lied: (music) An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
• lima: Lima bean.
• lime: (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calci...
• limeade: (countable, uncountable) A (variety of) citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes.
• live: (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
• lived: (in combination) Having a specified duration of life.
• livid: (informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
• maid: A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
• mail: (now regional) A bag or wallet.
• mailed: Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
• maim: To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• maimed: Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
• media: (often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting informa...
• medial: Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.
• medieval: Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
• middle: A centre, midpoint.
• midi: (informal, file format) A computerized music file in the MIDI format.
• mild: (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.
• mile: The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by tr...
• mill: A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and s...
• milled: Ground by a mill.
• mime: A form of acting without words; pantomime.
• mimed: (intransitive) To act without words.
• valid: Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
• veil: Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually...
• veiled: Covered by a veil.
• vial: A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine...
• vied: (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
• vile: Morally low; base; despicable.
• villa: A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often ...
• vivid: (of an image or color) Bright, intense, or colourful.