Spelling Bee answers and hints for October 29, 2026

Today's puzzle is worth 227 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.

The longest answer is PROPAGANDA, at 10 letters.

• adorn: To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• agar: A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial...
• agora: A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.
• angora: (countable, uncountable) The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
• apron: An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; a...
• ardor: Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
• argon: The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the ...
• darn: (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle t...
• donor: One who makes a donation.
• door: (architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rig...
• dorado: (astronomy) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. ...
• drag: (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
• dragon: A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
• dragoon: (by extension) Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassme...
• droop: (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
• drop: (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape thr...
• gorgon: (Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of livi...
• gorp: A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed ...
• grad: A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.
• gran: (informal, usually endearing) A grandmother.
• grand: Of a large size or extent; great.
• grandad: Alternative spelling of granddad. [(informal) grandfather]
• granddad: (informal) grandfather
• grandpa: (informal) grandfather
• grandpapa: grandfather
• grandpop
• grappa: (uncountable) An Italian grape-based spirit of between 80 and 100 proof, made from the distillati...
• groan: A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
• grog: An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Roya...
• odor: Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
• orang: (informal) Clipping of orangutan. [An arboreal ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown c...
• organ: The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
• paradrop: A delivery of goods or equipment by dropping of a parachute
• paragon: A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
• pardon: Forgiveness for an offence.
• poor: With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
• porn: (uncountable, informal) Pornography.
• porno: (uncountable) Pornography.
• prod: (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
• prong: A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
• prop: An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• propaganda: (as a neutral word dated) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audi...
• radar: (uncountable) In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its p...
• radon: The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless...
• raga: (countable, music) Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of mus...
• rand: The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
• rando: (colloquial) Random; arbitrary.
• rang: (historical) A long strip of rectangular lots of land in Quebec.
• road: A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and...
• roan: A surname.
• roar: Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
• rondo: (music, countable) A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the ...
• rood: A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.