NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 7, 2026
Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter I with outer letters A, D, E, L, M, V. The puzzle contains 77 words worth 306 points, including 1 pangram. The longest word is 8 letters. To reach Genius you need 214 points; Queen Bee requires all 306 points. Today is a bingo — every letter starts at least one word. Compared with the eight-year average of about 184 points per puzzle, this is a larger-than-average day.
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, l, m, v |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 77 words |
| Total Points | 306 points |
| Genius Level | 214 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and 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 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AI×4 AL×2 AM×1 AV×3 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×1 DE×3 DI×16 |
| E | ED×1 EL×2 EM×2 EV×1 |
| I | ID×4 IM×1 IV×1 |
| L | LA×2 LE×1 LI×8 |
| M | MA×5 ME×3 MI×8 |
| V | VA×1 VE×2 VI×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AID×2 AIL×1 AIM×1 ALI×1 ALL×1 AMI×1 AVA×2 AVI×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAL×1 DEL×1 DEV×2 DIA×3 DID×2 DIE×1 DIL×2 DIM×2 DIV×6 |
| E | EDD×1 ELI×2 EMA×2 EVI×1 |
| I | IDE×2 IDL×2 IMA×1 IVI×1 |
| L | LAD×1 LAI×1 LEV×1 LID×1 LIE×1 LIM×3 LIV×3 |
| M | MAI×5 MED×3 MID×2 MIL×4 MIM×2 |
| V | VAL×1 VEI×2 VIA×1 VIE×1 VIL×2 VIV×1 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| me...... † | ME8 | Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. |
| ai.. | AI4 | An assistant. |
| ai... | AI5 | simple past tense and past participle of aid |
| ai... | AI5 | simple past and past participle of ail |
| ai... | AI5 | simple past tense and past participle of aim |
| al... | AL5 | Having life; living; not dead. |
| al.... | AL6 | simple past and past participle of ally |
| am.. | AM4 | In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by. |
| av... | AV5 | To turn to the advantage of. |
| av..... | AV7 | simple past tense and past participle of avail |
| av.. | AV4 | enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something |
| da..... | DA7 | simple past and past participle of dally |
| de.. | DE4 | A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving. |
| de... | DE5 | The chief devil; Satan. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of devil |
| di.... | DI6 | An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty. |
| di.. | DI4 | A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). |
| di.... | DI6 | simple past and past participle of dial |
| di.... | DI6 | In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed. |
| di..... | DI7 | simple past tense and past participle of diddle |
| di.. | DI4 | simple past tense and past participle of die |
| di..... | DI7 | A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable. |
| di.. | DI4 | Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. |
| di.. | DI4 | A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar. |
| di.... | DI6 | simple past tense and past participle of dim |
| di.. | DI4 | Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. |
| di.. | DI4 | To swim under water. |
| di... | DI5 | simple past tense and past participle of dive (scuba diving) |
| di.... | DI6 | To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. |
| di..... | DI7 | simple past tense and past participle of divide |
| di..... | DI7 | simple past tense and past participle of divvy |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of eddy |
| el... | EL5 | To leave out or omit (something). |
| el.... | EL6 | simple past tense and past participle of elide |
| em... | EM5 | A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network. |
| em..... | EM7 | simple past and past participle of email |
| ev.. | EV4 | Intending to harm; malevolent. |
| id.. | ID4 | An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. |
| id... | ID5 | Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea. |
| id.. | ID4 | Empty, vacant. |
| id... | ID5 | simple past tense and past participle of idle |
| im.. | IM4 | One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque. |
| iv... | IV5 | Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant. |
| la.... | LA6 | A small boy. |
| la.. | LA4 | simple past tense and past participle of lay |
| le.... | LE6 | simple past tense and past participle of levy |
| li.... | LI6 | simple past tense and past participle of lid |
| li.. | LI4 | An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano. |
| li.. | LI4 | lima bean |
| li.. | LI4 | Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). |
| li..... | LI7 | A citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes. |
| li.. | LI4 | To be alive; to have life. |
| li... | LI5 | simple past tense and past participle of live |
| li... | LI5 | Having a dark, bluish appearance. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A bag or wallet. |
| ma.... | MA6 | simple past and past participle of mail |
| ma.. | MA4 | To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body. |
| ma.... | MA6 | simple past tense and past participle of maim |
| me... | ME5 | The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. |
| me.... | ME6 | Of or pertaining to a mean or average. |
| mi.... | MI6 | A centre, midpoint. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Having a hemline at mid-calf length. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Gentle and not easily angered. |
| mi.. | MI4 | The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. |
| mi.... | MI6 | Ground by a mill. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A form of acting without words; pantomime. |
| mi... | MI5 | simple past tense and past participle of mime |
| va... | VA5 | Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent. |
| ve.. | VE4 | Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. |
| ve.... | VE6 | Covered by a veil. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals. |
| vi.. | VI4 | simple past tense and past participle of vie |
| vi.. | VI4 | Morally low; base; despicable. |
| vi... | VI5 | A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. |
| vi... | VI5 | Clear, detailed or powerful. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- medieval† (ME8)
- aide (AI4)
- aided (AI5)
- ailed (AI5)
- aimed (AI5)
- alive (AL5)
- allied (AL6)
- amid (AM4)
- avail (AV5)
- availed (AV7)
- avid (AV4)
- dallied (DA7)
- deli (DE4)
- devil (DE5)
- deviled (DE7)
- diadem (DI6)
- dial (DI4)
- dialed (DI6)
- diddle (DI6)
- diddled (DI7)
- died (DI4)
- dilemma (DI7)
- dill (DI4)
- dime (DI4)
- dimmed (DI6)
- diva (DI4)
- dive (DI4)
- dived (DI5)
- divide (DI6)
- divided (DI7)
- divvied (DI7)
- eddied (ED6)
- elide (EL5)
- elided (EL6)
- email (EM5)
- emailed (EM7)
- evil (EV4)
- idea (ID4)
- ideal (ID5)
- idle (ID4)
- idled (ID5)
- imam (IM4)
- ivied (IV5)
- laddie (LA6)
- laid (LA4)
- levied (LE6)
- lidded (LI6)
- lied (LI4)
- lima (LI4)
- lime (LI4)
- limeade (LI7)
- live (LI4)
- lived (LI5)
- livid (LI5)
- maid (MA4)
- mail (MA4)
- mailed (MA6)
- maim (MA4)
- maimed (MA6)
- media (ME5)
- medial (ME6)
- middle (MI6)
- midi (MI4)
- mild (MI4)
- mile (MI4)
- mill (MI4)
- milled (MI6)
- mime (MI4)
- mimed (MI5)
- valid (VA5)
- veil (VE4)
- veiled (VE6)
- vial (VI4)
- vied (VI4)
- vile (VI4)
- villa (VI5)
- vivid (VI5)
Answer Definitions
- medieval† (adjective): Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
- aide (noun): An assistant.
- aided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of aid
- ailed (verb): simple past and past participle of ail
- aimed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of aim
- alive (adjective): Having life; living; not dead.
- allied (verb): simple past and past participle of ally
- amid (preposition): In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
- avail (verb): To turn to the advantage of.
- availed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of avail
- avid (adjective): enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
- dallied (verb): simple past and past participle of dally
- deli (noun): A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
- devil (proper noun): The chief devil; Satan.
- deviled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of devil
- diadem (noun): An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
- dial (noun): A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- dialed (verb): simple past and past participle of dial
- diddle (noun): In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
- diddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of diddle
- died (verb): simple past tense and past participle of die
- dilemma (noun): A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
- dill (noun): Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
- dime (noun): A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
- dimmed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dim
- diva (noun): Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- dive (verb): To swim under water.
- dived (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dive (scuba diving)
- divide (verb): To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- divided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of divide
- divvied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of divvy
- eddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eddy
- elide (verb): To leave out or omit (something).
- elided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of elide
- email (noun): A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.
- emailed (verb): simple past and past participle of email
- evil (adjective): Intending to harm; malevolent.
- idea (noun): An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- ideal (adjective): Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- idle (adjective): Empty, vacant.
- idled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of idle
- imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
- ivied (adjective): Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.
- laddie (noun): A small boy.
- laid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lay
- levied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of levy
- lidded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lid
- lied (noun): An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
- lima (noun): lima bean
- lime (noun): Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- limeade (noun): A citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes.
- live (verb): To be alive; to have life.
- lived (verb): simple past tense and past participle of live
- livid (adjective): Having a dark, bluish appearance.
- maid (noun): A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
- mailed (verb): simple past and past participle of mail
- maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
- maimed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of maim
- media (noun): The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- medial (adjective): Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
- middle (noun): A centre, midpoint.
- midi (adjective): Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
- mild (adjective): Gentle and not easily angered.
- mile (noun): The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
- milled (adjective): Ground by a mill.
- mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- mimed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mime
- valid (adjective): Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- veil (noun): Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- veiled (adjective): Covered by a veil.
- vial (noun): A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
- vied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vie
- vile (adjective): Morally low; base; despicable.
- villa (noun): A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- vivid (adjective): Clear, detailed or powerful.