Spelling Bee Hints

Friday, November 6, 2026

Today's letters

L CINOTU

47 words 178 points 2 pangrams

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  1. A 9-letter word: the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros

    Reveal answer OCTILLION
  2. A 6-letter word: unwind or untwist

    Reveal answer UNCOIL
  3. A 5-letter word: (-s form) the organ of sight

    Reveal answer OCULI
  4. A 5-letter word: sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality

    Reveal answer LICIT
  5. A 9-letter word: a ball at which young ladies are presented to society

    Reveal answer COTILLION
  6. A 4-letter word: an awkward stupid person

    Reveal answer LOUT
  7. A 4-letter word: a jaunty rhythm in music

    Reveal answer LILT
  8. A 4-letter word: hang loosely or laxly

    Reveal answer LOLL
  9. A 5-letter word: not set afire or burning

    Reveal answer UNLIT
  10. A 5-letter word: acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

    Reveal answer COLIC
  11. A 4-letter word: a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the…

    Reveal answer LOIN
  12. A 4-letter word: (-s form) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

    Reveal answer LOCI
  13. A 6-letter word: (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring

    Reveal answer UNCOOL
  14. A 4-letter word: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

    Reveal answer CULL
  15. A 4-letter word: fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

    Reveal answer LINT
  16. A 4-letter word: a worthless lazy fellow

    Reveal answer LOON

Common words are left out on purpose. They're all in the full list below.

The pangrams

  • A 7-letter pangram starting with L: a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum

    Reveal answer LINOCUT
  • An 8-letter pangram starting with L: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

    Reveal answer LOCUTION

All 47 answers

Each word stays blurred until you reveal it. ★ marks a pangram.

9 letters

  • Reveal answer COTILLION
  • Reveal answer NONILLION
  • Reveal answer OCTILLION

8 letters

  • ★Reveal answer LOCUTION

7 letters

  • Reveal answer COLONIC
  • Reveal answer COUNCIL
  • Reveal answer ILLICIT
  • ★Reveal answer LINOCUT

6 letters

  • Reveal answer CLINIC
  • Reveal answer CULTIC
  • Reveal answer LOTION
  • Reveal answer OCCULT
  • Reveal answer UNCOIL
  • Reveal answer UNCOOL

5 letters

  • Reveal answer CLOUT
  • Reveal answer COLIC
  • Reveal answer COLON
  • Reveal answer LICIT
  • Reveal answer LOTTO
  • Reveal answer OCULI
  • Reveal answer UNLIT
  • Reveal answer UNTIL

4 letters

  • Reveal answer CLOT
  • Reveal answer COIL
  • Reveal answer COLT
  • Reveal answer COOL
  • Reveal answer CULL
  • Reveal answer CULT
  • Reveal answer LILT
  • Reveal answer LINT
  • Reveal answer LION
  • Reveal answer LOCI
  • Reveal answer LOCO
  • Reveal answer LOIN
  • Reveal answer LOLL
  • Reveal answer LOON
  • Reveal answer LOOT
  • Reveal answer LOUT
  • Reveal answer LULL
  • Reveal answer LULU
  • Reveal answer NULL
  • Reveal answer OLIO
  • Reveal answer TILL
  • Reveal answer TILT
  • Reveal answer TOIL
  • Reveal answer TOLL
  • Reveal answer TOOL

Clues adapted from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. LexaCalc is not affiliated with The New York Times.