Contexto #1513 for Monday, Nov. 9, 2026: Hints, Rank Bands for 30 Close Words and Two Dead Ends

Contexto #1513 is today’s game, for Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, and the secret word is a noun with 4 letters. This page gives three hints, the thirty words the game ranks closest in four groups, a rank-band table for guesses from 2 to 100, and two guesses that land far away. The answer waits at the very end. For game #1513, the rules and scoring are on our Contexto page.

Hints, broad to strong

1. Four letters, one syllable.
2. It can start from a single spark and spread if nothing stops it.
3. Heat and smoke come with it, and a crew with an extinguisher ends it.

The 30 closest words, grouped by reason

The ranks below are from the game’s own list for game #1513, ranks 2 to 31. The reasons are ours; the game does not explain its rankings.

Flames and heat. burning (2), flame (3), blaze (4), smoke (7), burn (9), spark (10), a compound word that ends in the answer (11), ignite (13), heat (21), light (30). Ten words, and ranks 2 to 4 all sit here.

Rescue and response. a job title built on the answer (5), emergency (12), extinguish (18), incident (19), police (22), crew (31). Six words about who shows up and what they use.

Force and violence. a verb form of the answer (6), explosion (8), blast (17), attack (24), deadly (26), destroy (27), shooting (29). Seven words, led by an action word at rank 6.

Storm and damage. lightning (14), storm (15), gas (16), damage (20), flood (23), cause (25), building (28). Seven words about causes and what is left behind.

What each rank band looks like

Rank band	Words in the band	Flames and heat	Rescue and response	Force and violence	Storm and damage
2 to 10	9	6	1	2	0
11 to 30	20	4	4	5	7
31 to 100	70	not grouped	not grouped	not grouped	not grouped

Ranks 31 to 100 spread out into objects and places: crew (31), forest (34), gun (39), arson (40), cannon (41), water (43), house (58), stove (69), hot (83), furnace (84). A guess in that band is on the right track but names a thing near the event, not the thing itself.

Two dead ends

Cold feels like the opposite to reach for, and the game ranks it 280. Ice is not among the 500 closest words the game lists. Water, a more natural neighbor, ranks 43, so it is closer than either, though still outside the top thirty. All ranks come from the game’s own lookup for game #1513.

Mark the day on the November 2026 calendar or the weekly printable. Monday’s other puzzles: Wordle, Connections and Strands.

Today’s Contexto answer (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

The secret word for Contexto #1513 is Fire.

Game #1512 ended with Ethic as its answer. Today’s word was checked against the game’s own data. Game #1514 starts at 11 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).