NYT Spelling Bee Hints and Answers for Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026: I in the Middle and 77 Words to Find

The New York Times (NYT) Spelling Bee for Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, asks you to find words around a center I, using A, D, E, L, M and V. The list is long: 77 words and 306 points, with one pangram. This page opens with the grid and a pangram clue, then a section of counts drawn from the list, and the words come last.

Genius sits at 214 points for Saturday, and the scoring rules are on our Spelling Bee page.

Saturday’s hint grid

Center letter I; outer letters A, D, E, L, M, V. 77 words, 306 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	Total
A	3	5	1	1	-	10
D	7	2	5	6	-	20
E	1	2	2	1	-	6
I	3	3	-	-	-	6
L	5	2	3	1	-	11
M	8	2	5	-	1	16
V	4	3	1	-	-	8
Total	31	19	17	9	1	77

Two-letter starts: AI-4, AL-2, AM-1, AV-3, DA-1, DE-3, DI-16, ED-1, EL-2, EM-2, EV-1, ID-4, IM-1, IV-1, LA-2, LE-1, LI-8, MA-5, ME-3, MI-8, VA-1, VE-2, VI-5.

One clue for the pangram

• Pangram (8 letters, starts with M)

  of or from the Middle Ages, the era of knights and castles; E appears twice and the word ends in -val.

Five opening pairs hold 53 of the 77 words: di has 16, li and mi have 8 each, and ma and vi have 5 each is 42, so add the 16 mi…

Counting D, E and the -ed endings on Nov. 7

Length	Words	Points each	Points
4 letters	31	1	31
5 letters	19	5	95
6 letters	17	6	102
7 letters	9	7	63
8 letters	1	8	8
Pangram bonus	1	7	7

• Letter weight: D is in 60 words, E in 57, L in 49, A in 36, M in 28 and V in 27.
• Pairs that open one word: am, da, ed, ev, im, iv, le, va.
• Doubles: 42 of the 77 words repeat a letter, and 15 of those repeat it back to back.
• Long end: the longest word has 8 letters and starts with M; there are no answers of 9 letters or more.

Friday’s puzzle in brief

Friday had L in the middle with C, I, N, O, T and U outside, 47 words, 178 points and two pangrams: Linocut and Locution.

Saturday’s other puzzles: Wordle hints, Connections hints, Pips hints. The November 2026 calendar and the weekly calendar are handy for tracking streaks.

Saturday’s Spelling Bee answers, Nov. 7, 2026 (spoilers)

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

• Pangram: Medieval
• 4 letters: Aide, Amid, Avid, Deli, Dial, Died, Dill, Dime, Diva, Dive, Evil, Idea, Idle, Imam, Laid, Lied, Lima, Lime, Live, Maid, Mail, Maim, Midi, Mild, Mile, Mill, Mime, Veil, Vial, Vied, Vile
• 5 letters: Aided, Ailed, Aimed, Alive, Avail, Devil, Dived, Elide, Email, Ideal, Idled, Ivied, Lived, Livid, Media, Mimed, Valid, Villa, Vivid
• 6 letters: Allied, Diadem, Dialed, Diddle, Dimmed, Divide, Eddied, Elided, Laddie, Levied, Lidded, Mailed, Maimed, Medial, Middle, Milled, Veiled
• 7 letters: Availed, Dallied, Deviled, Diddled, Dilemma, Divided, Divvied, Emailed, Limeade
• 8 letters: Medieval

The 31 four-letter words give 31 points, the 46 longer words give 268, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 306.