Spelling Bee November 11, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
The puzzle featured a range of wordplay, including a seven-letter deductive term. Solvers found multiple short and long words, including a type of small mammal and various verbs meaning to expel or divide.
The seven letters
V CDEITU
Every answer had to use V. The board accepted 21 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 answers involve separation or assessment. Some relate to small creatures or household items. Double letters appear in several words.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- D
- 11 answers
- V
- 4 answers
- E
- 3 answers
- C
- 2 answers
- I
- 1 answer
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- V
- Outer letters
- C · D · E · I · T · U
- Accepted words
- 21
- Word lengths
- 4–9 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The longest answer uses a central letter and six others, forming a common term in reasoning.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- CI
- 2
- DE
- 5
- DI
- 5
- DU
- 1
- EV
- 3
- IV
- 1
- VE
- 1
- VI
- 3
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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 · 9 letters
DEDUCTIVE
Uses all seven letters — V, C, D, E, I, T, U — in 9 characters.
C · 2answers
CIVETCIVIC
D · 11answers
DECEIVEDECEIVEDDEDUCTIVEDETECTIVEDEVICEDIVEDIVEDDIVIDEDIVIDEDDIVVIEDDUVET
E · 3answers
EVICTEVICTEDEVICTEE
I · 1answer
IVIED
V · 4answers
VETTEDVICEVIEDVIVID
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026
- Letters
- V in the middle, C D E I T U around it
- Accepted words
- 21
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–9 letters
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