Spelling Bee November 10, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
The puzzle featured a challenging pangram and a wide range of word possibilities, including several -ied and -ile words, as well as words formed with the letters 'lip' and 'dio'. Solvers could find many shorter words by combining the centre letter with common vowel and consonant pairs.
The seven letters
I DEFLOP
Every answer had to use I. The board accepted 70 words in all.
Spelling Bee hints, rung by rung
Six rungs, counts before words. The recap above already named the pangram, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.
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Hint 1: What kind of words the board rewarded
No answer is named.
Many words can be formed by adding prefixes and suffixes to common letter combinations, especially those with double letters or common vowel patterns.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- F
- 22 answers
- D
- 15 answers
- P
- 13 answers
- L
- 7 answers
- O
- 5 answers
- E
- 4 answers
- I
- 4 answers
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- I
- Outer letters
- D · E · F · L · O · P
- Accepted words
- 70
- Word lengths
- 4–11 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The longest word in the list uses all the letters and has a common prefix with several shorter words.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- 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
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Hint 6: The shape of each pangram
Every accepted word from that board
All of them, folded by opening letter. Open one letter at a time — nothing here reveals another group.
The pangram from that board
Pangram 1 · 11 letters
FLIPFLOPPED
Uses all seven letters — I, D, E, F, L, O, P — in 11 characters.
D · 15answers
DEFIEDDEFILEDEFILEDDEIFIEDDELIDIDDLEDIDDLEDDIEDDILDODILLDIODEDIPLOIDDIPOLEDIPPEDDOLLIED
E · 4answers
EDDIEDEDIFIEDELIDEELIDED
F · 22answers
FELIDFIDDLEFIDDLEDFIEFFIELDFIELDEDFIFEFIFEDFILEFILEDFILLFILLEDFILLIPFLIEDFLIPFLIPFLOPFLIPFLOPPEDFLIPPEDFOILFOILEDFOLIOFOODIE
I · 4answers
IDLEIDLEDIDOLIODIDE
L · 7answers
LIDDEDLIEDLIFELIPIDLIPOLIPPEDLOLLIPOP
O · 5answers
OILEDOLDIEOLIOOLLIEOPIOID
P · 13answers
PIDDLEPIDDLEDPIEDPIFFLEPILEPILEDPILLPILLEDPIPEPIPEDPLIEPLIEDPOLIO
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Tuesday, November 10, 2026
- Letters
- I in the middle, D E F L O P around it
- Accepted words
- 70
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–11 letters
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