Spelling Bee hints & answers: Nov 10, 2026

This page shows spoiler-layered hints and full answers for the NYT Spelling Bee hive published on Nov 10, 2026 (2026-11-10).

Hive overview

This hive centers on I with six outer letters. It has 70 stored words, 1 pangram, and about 328 available points before rank thresholds.

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This hive has 70 playable words worth about 328 points in total. Aim to unlock the pangram and a few long words early to get ahead of the ranking curve.

There is 1 pangram hidden in this hive.

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Word count matrix (starting letter × length):

	4	5	6	7+	Σ
I	4 letters2	5 letters1	6 letters1	7+ letters–	Total4
D	4 letters3	5 letters2	6 letters5	7+ letters5	Total15
E	4 letters–	5 letters1	6 letters2	7+ letters1	Total4
F	4 letters6	5 letters6	6 letters5	7+ letters5	Total22
L	4 letters3	5 letters1	6 letters2	7+ letters1	Total7
O	4 letters1	5 letters3	6 letters1	7+ letters–	Total5
P	4 letters5	5 letters4	6 letters3	7+ letters1	Total13
Σ	4 letters20	5 letters18	6 letters19	7+ letters13	Total70

Approximate rank thresholds for this hive:

Good Start: 0 pts
Moving Up: 7 pts
Good: 16 pts
Solid: 26 pts
Nice: 49 pts
Great: 82 pts
Amazing: 131 pts
Genius: 230 pts
Queen Bee: 328 pts

Check your current score in the NYT game to see how close you are to each rank.

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Counts use the available unique accepted answers; they do not add dictionary guesses.

By length: 4 letters: 20 · 5 letters: 18 · 6 letters: 19 · 7 letters: 10 · 8 letters: 2 · 11 letters: 1

By first two letters: DE: 5 · DI: 9 · DO: 1 · ED: 2 · EL: 2 · FE: 1 · FI: 12 · FL: 5 · FO: 4 · ID: 3 · IO: 1 · LI: 6 · LO: 1 · OI: 1 · OL: 3 · OP: 1 · PI: 10 · PL: 2 · PO: 1

Pangram 1

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11 letters; worth 18 points. Some hive letters appear more than once.

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The pangram starts with F and ends with D: F•••••••••D.

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FLIPFLOPPED

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FLIPFLOPPED: 11 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 18 points. Uses all seven letters: D, E, F, I, L, O, P.

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Full answer list for this hive (alphabetical):

WordLengthScorePangram

DEFIED
6
6
No
DEFILE
6
6
No
DEFILED
7
7
No
DEIFIED
7
7
No
DELI
4
1
No
DIDDLE
6
6
No
DIDDLED
7
7
No
DIED
4
1
No
DILDO
5
5
No
DILL
4
1
No
DIODE
5
5
No
DIPLOID
7
7
No
DIPOLE
6
6
No
DIPPED
6
6
No
DOLLIED
7
7
No
EDDIED
6
6
No
EDIFIED
7
7
No
ELIDE
5
5
No
ELIDED
6
6
No
FELID
5
5
No
FIDDLE
6
6
No
FIDDLED
7
7
No
FIEF
4
1
No
FIELD
5
5
No
FIELDED
7
7
No
FIFE
4
1
No
FIFED
5
5
No
FILE
4
1
No
FILED
5
5
No
FILL
4
1
No
FILLED
6
6
No
FILLIP
6
6
No
FLIED
5
5
No
FLIP
4
1
No
FLIPFLOP
8
8
No
FLIPFLOPPED
11
18
Yes
FLIPPED
7
7
No
FOIL
4
1
No
FOILED
6
6
No
FOLIO
5
5
No
FOODIE
6
6
No
IDLE
4
1
No
IDLED
5
5
No
IDOL
4
1
No
IODIDE
6
6
No
LIDDED
6
6
No
LIED
4
1
No
LIFE
4
1
No
LIPID
5
5
No
LIPO
4
1
No
LIPPED
6
6
No
LOLLIPOP
8
8
No
OILED
5
5
No
OLDIE
5
5
No
OLIO
4
1
No
OLLIE
5
5
No
OPIOID
6
6
No
PIDDLE
6
6
No
PIDDLED
7
7
No
PIED
4
1
No
PIFFLE
6
6
No
PILE
4
1
No
PILED
5
5
No
PILL
4
1
No
PILLED
6
6
No
PIPE
4
1
No
PIPED
5
5
No
PLIE
4
1
No
PLIED
5
5
No
POLIO
5
5
No

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