Spelling Bee answers and hints for November 9, 2026

Today's puzzle is worth 239 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.

The longest answer is MOTORBOAT, at 9 letters.

• abbot: The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
• abort: (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy befo...
• aorta: (anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except...
• arhat: (Buddhism) One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
• athrob: Throbbing.
• atom: (chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a...
• attar: A perfume made from this oil.
• baht: The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
• bath: The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
• bathmat: Alternative spelling of bath mat. [A small mat used next to a bathtub to absorb water and thus pr...
• bathroom: A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
• boat: A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use...
• boot: (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
• booth: A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone b...
• both: A surname.
• bottom: The lowest part of anything.
• brat: (derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
• broth: (uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
• hart: (countable) A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
• hath: Alternative form of hauth (“unit of measure”). [(India, obsolete) An obsolete measure, a cubit, e...
• hatha: (yoga) The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• hoot: The cry of an owl.
• mahatma: In India or Tibet, a person thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity.
• mammoth: Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with l...
• marmot: Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel fa...
• mart: (Canada, US, Philippines, usually only in combination) A shop, a store, a market.
• math: (informal, uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
• moat: A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
• moot: (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
• mortar: (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
• moth: Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of ...
• motor: A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
• motorboat: (nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
• motto: A personal slogan.
• oath: A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily pres...
• orator: A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
• ratatat: A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
• robot: A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially...
• root: The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and...
• rotator: One who or that which rotates.
• rotor: A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator,...
• taboo: An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
• tabor: (music) A small drum.
• taro: Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
• tarot: Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), ...
• tart: A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or c...
• tartar: A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
• tattoo: An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
• that: (degree) To a given extent or degree.
• throat: The front part of the neck.
• throb: (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
• tomato: The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture ...
• tomb: A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if ...
• toot: (countable) The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tooth: A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for ...
• torah: (Abrahamism) The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and...
• toro: A traditional Japanese lantern.
• tort: (law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to...
• torta: (US) A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexica...
• tram: (Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in th...
• trot: A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
• troth: (countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone.