Spelling Bee answers and hints for October 31, 2026

Today's puzzle is worth 303 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.

The longest answer is INITIATING, at 10 letters.

• again: Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.
• aging: The process of becoming older or more mature.
• agita: (US) mental aggravation; annoyance
• agitating: That agitates
• angina: (medicine, loosely) Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic,...
• anti: Opposed to something.
• attain: (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
• attaining: (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
• attuning: Synonym of attunement
• aught: (sometimes proscribed) Zero.
• aunt: The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
• gaga: (informal) Infatuated.
• gagging: A gag motion or reflex.
• gain: (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance ...
• gaining: Gain; profit.
• gait: A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
• gang: A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated wit...
• ganging: The formation of a gang or clique.
• gating: The selective regulation or restriction of access to something.
• gauging: Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge.
• gaunt: Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
• giant: Very large.
• gnat: Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
• hang: (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
• hanging: Suspended.
• hath: Alternative form of hauth (“unit of measure”). [(India, obsolete) An obsolete measure, a cubit, e...
• hatha: (yoga) The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• hating: hatred
• haunt: (transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
• haunting: Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
• iguana: A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
• initiating: (transitive) To begin; to start.
• naan: A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nagging: Persistently annoying or painful.
• nana: (term of endearment) One's grandmother.
• natant: Floating or swimming (in water).
• naught: (archaic) Nothingness.
• tagging: The act by which something is tagged.
• tahini: (cooking) A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.
• taiga: A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the s...
• taint: A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• tainting: A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• tang: A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
• tannin: (chemistry) Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
• tanning: The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
• tatting: The art of making such lace.
• taught: Misspelling of taut. [(also figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sai...
• taunt: (transitive) To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive...
• taunting: Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.
• taut: (also figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
• than: (now chiefly dialectal or a misspelling) At that time; then.
• that: (degree) To a given extent or degree.
• titan: Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
• tuna: Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
• unhang: (transitive) To take down something (such as a picture) from a hanging position
• unhanging
• untag: (transitive) To remove a tag from.
• untagging
• untaught: Not taught; uneducated.