Spelling Bee answers and hints for November 10, 2026

Today's puzzle is worth 328 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.

The longest answer is FLIPFLOPPED, at 11 letters.

• defied: (transitive) To refuse to obey.
• defile: (transitive) To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
• defiled: Impure; dirty.
• deified: a solo studio album by American rapper Keak da Sneak.
• deli: (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
• 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 ...
• dildo: A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
• dill: Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are modera...
• diode: (electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefl...
• diploid: (genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived fro...
• dipole: (physics) Any object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at ...
• dipped: That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
• dollied: (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
• eddied: (intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
• edified: Morally or intellectually improved.
• elide: To leave out or omit (something).
• elided: To leave out or omit (something).
• felid: (zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
• fiddle: A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A...
• fiddled: (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
• fief: (law, historical) Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and perso...
• field: A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
• fielded: (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
• fife: A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military...
• fifed: To play this instrument.
• file: A collection of papers collated and archived together.
• filed: (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
• fill: (transitive, ergative) To make full
• filled: (followed by with) That is now full.
• fillip: (by extension) Something that excites or stimulates.
• flied: (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with...
• flip: A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
• flipflop: Alternative form of flip-flop. [(US, UK, Fiji) A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to t...
• flipflopped
• flipped: a young adult novel by Wendelin Van Draanen set from c.1994 to 2000.
• foil: (transitive) To apply the FOIL algorithm to.
• foiled: (architecture) Having a foil.
• folio: A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
• foodie: (colloquial) A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
• 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.
• idol: A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
• iodide: (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
• lidded: Having a cover like a lid.
• lied: (music) An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
• life: (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes...
• lipid: (organic chemistry) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols,...
• lipo: (informal) Clipping of liposuction. [(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat ...
• lipped: Having a raised lip.
• lollipop: An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.
• oiled: Covered in, or supplied with, oil.
• oldie: (informal) A song or record from a previous era.
• olio: (figuratively) A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
• ollie: (skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding) An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off...
• opioid: A substance that has effects similar to opium:
• piddle: (UK, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, euphemistic slang, intransitive or reflexive) To urinate.
• piddled: (UK, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, euphemistic slang, intransitive or reflexive) To urinate.
• pied: Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
• piffle: Nonsense, foolish talk.
• pile: A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• piled: Having a pile or nap.
• pill: (broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually cont...
• pilled: (slang) Pilled-up, intoxicated on pills.
• pipe: Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
• piped: Shaped like a pipe; tubular.
• plie: Alternative spelling of plié. [(ballet) A smooth and continuous bending of the knees]
• plied: (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
• polio: (countable, informal) A person who has poliomyelitis.