Spelling Bee Hints & Answers Today, November 11, 2026

The Spelling Bee from The New York Times (NYT) for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, uses V as its center, with C, D, E, I, T and U around it. The list is short, at 21 words and 124 points, and it holds one pangram. The hint grid, a clue and a data section come first. The words sit below the spoiler warning.

Genius is 87 points today. Our Spelling Bee page explains how it is set.

Wednesday’s hint grid, Nov. 11

Center letter V; outer letters C, D, E, I, T, U. 21 words, 124 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	Total
C	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
D	1	2	2	3	1	2	11
E	-	1	-	2	-	-	3
I	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
V	2	1	1	-	-	-	4
Total	3	7	3	5	1	2	21

Two-letter starts: CI-2, DE-5, DI-5, DU-1, EV-3, IV-1, VE-1, VI-3.

A clue for the pangram

• Pangram (9 letters, starts with D)

  reasoning from a general rule to a particular case, as a fictional detective does; D and E each appear twice and the word ends in -ive.

D opens 11 of the 21 words. Start there. The pairs de and di have 5 words each. The other starts are small: V has 4, E has 3, C has 2 and I has 1.

A small list with a long top end

Length	Words	Points each	Points
4 letters	3	1	3
5 letters	7	5	35
6 letters	3	6	18
7 letters	5	7	35
8 letters	1	8	8
9 letters	2	9	18
Pangram bonus	1	7	7

• Longest words: two at 9 letters (starting with D and D); one at 8 letters (starting with D); five at 7 letters (starting with D, D, D, E and E).
• Four-letter words: 3 of them, worth 3 points, against a Genius line of 87.
• Pairs that open one word: du, iv, ve.
• Doubles: 15 of the 21 words repeat a letter; 3 repeat one back to back.
• Letter reach: U is in 2 words and T in 8.

Tuesday’s puzzle in brief

Tuesday was a bigger puzzle. It had I in the middle, 70 words and 328 points, and the pangram Flipflopped.

Wednesday’s other puzzles: Wordle hints, Connections hints, Pips hints. The November calendar and weekly calendar both print for free.

Wednesday’s Spelling Bee answers, Nov. 11, 2026 (spoilers)

Stop here if you are still working on Wednesday’s puzzle.

• Pangram: Deductive
• 4 letters: Dive, Vice, Vied
• 5 letters: Civet, Civic, Dived, Duvet, Evict, Ivied, Vivid
• 6 letters: Device, Divide, Vetted
• 7 letters: Deceive, Divided, Divvied, Evicted, Evictee
• 8 letters: Deceived
• 9 letters: Deductive, Detective

The 3 four-letter words give 3 points, the 18 longer words give 114, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 124.