Spelling Bee answers and hints for October 28, 2026

Today's puzzle is worth 355 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.

The longest answer is ILLEGIBLE, at 9 letters.

• beige: A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
• belie: (transitive) To give a false representation of.
• belied: (transitive) To give a false representation of.
• bellied: Having a large or prominent belly.
• bible: (by extension) A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal rea...
• bide: (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
• bided: (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
• biggie: Alternative spelling of biggy. [(colloquial) Something large in size in comparison to similar thi...
• bile: A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall b...
• bilge: (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
• bill: (US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
• billed: Having a specified kind of bill (beak or beak-like projection).
• bloodied: Covered or stained with blood
• bodied: Having a bodily form; corporeal or incarnate.
• boil: (transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
• boiled: Cooked in boiling water.
• boogie: (informal) Any relatively energetic dance to pop or rock music.
• boogied: (intransitive) To dance a boogie.
• deli: (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
• diddle: (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.
• diddled: (transitive, slang) To cheat; to swindle.
• died: "Died" is a song by Alice in Chains and the final one recorded with vocalist Layne Staley before ...
• dildo: A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
• dill: Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are modera...
• diode: (electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefl...
• doggie: (childish or endearing) Alternative spelling of doggy. [(countable, childish or endearing) A dog,...
• dogie: (colloquial) A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow.
• dollied: (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
• doobie: (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
• eddied: (intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
• edible: Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
• elide: To leave out or omit (something).
• elided: To leave out or omit (something).
• eligible: Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for somet...
• gelid: (literary) Very cold; icy or frosty.
• geoid: (geography, geodesy) The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface...
• gibe: Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”). [A facetious or insulting remark;...
• gibed: Alternative spelling of jibe. [(transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mo...
• gigged: (intransitive) (film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a th...
• giggle: To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
• giggled: To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
• gigolo: A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment; a prostitute.
• gild: (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
• gilded: Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
• gill: (zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
• gilled: Having gills
• glib: Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
• glide: (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• glided: (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• goodie: (informal) A good character in a story, often a hero.
• idle: Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
• idled: (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
• idol: A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
• igloo: A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
• illegible: Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.
• iodide: (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
• legible: Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
• libel: (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reput...
• libeled: To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
• libelee: The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant.
• libido: (common usage) Sexual urges or drives.
• lidded: Having a cover like a lid.
• lied: (music) An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
• liege: The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
• lobbied: (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor...
• oblige: (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an ob...
• obliged: Under an obligation to do something.
• oiled: Covered in, or supplied with, oil.
• oldie: (informal) A song or record from a previous era.
• olio: (figuratively) A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
• ollie: (skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding) An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off...