Wordspine #10
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Answers for puzzle #10. Every word below follows the spine: the first letter starts the word, the last letter ends it, and any letters in between appear in that order somewhere inside.
Take PD. A word like pac looks close but doesn't count — it starts with P but ends with C, not D. Order is the whole game.
Pro — four levels
starts with P and ends with D.
paced, packed, pad, padded, paged, paid, pained, painted, paired, pampered, panicked, panned, paralyzed, paranoid, pardoned, parenthood, parked, paroled, parted, participated, partied, partnered, passed, password, pasted, patched, patented, patrolled, patronized, paved … and 1085 more
All words that fit PDScoring on this level: PAD = 5 points, PARTICIPATED = 14 points.
starts with U and ends with T, with S in between, in that order.
ugliest, unbeknownst, undershirt, understatement, unpleasant, unrest, unseat, upset, upshot, upstart, urologist, utmost, ufologist, ultradistant, ultrafast, ultraist, ultraleftist, ultramodernist, ultranationalist, ultrarealist, ultrarightist, ultraroyalist, ultrasecret, ultrasegregationist, ultrashort, ultrasmart, ultrasoft, unabsorbent, unblest, uncanniest … and 89 more
All words that fit USTScoring on this level: UPSET = 9 points, ULTRASEGREGATIONIST = 23 points.
starts with S and ends with S, with A then T in between, in that order.
sailboats, saints, saltines, salutations, sanctimonious, santos, satellites, satisfies, schematics, scratches, seamstress, seats, sedatives, semantics, senators, separates, servants, sharpshooters, signatures, similarities, simulates, simulations, situations, skateboards, skaters, skates, smartass, smartphones, smarts, snapshots … and 1126 more
All words that fit SATSScoring on this level: SEATS = 11 points, SANCTIMONIOUS = 19 points.
starts with P and ends with D, with I then H then E in between, in that order.
perished, pigheaded, pinched, pinhead, pitched, polished, published, punished, philosophised, philosophized, phished, photolithographed, pigeonholed, pinheaded, pinwheeled, pished, pitchforked, pitchpoled, pithead, pithed, planished, plenished, plighted, predischarged, preestablished, premonished, printhead
All words that fit PIHEDScoring on this level: PISHED = 14 points, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHED = 25 points.
Ranks on this day
- Beginner0
- Good Start26
- Moving Up59
- Good98
- Solid163
- Nice247
- Great338
- Genius455
- Perfect650
Sprint — ten rounds
Sprint can't be replayed, so this is the record of the day.
starts with V and ends with E.
vacate, vaccine, vague, valentine, validate, valise, valuable, value, valve, vamoose, vampire, vantage, vape, vaporize, variable, variance, varicose, vase, vee, vegetable, vegetative, vehicle, venerable, vengeance, ventilate, ventricle, venture, venue, verge, veritable, versatile, verse, vertebrae, vestibule, viable, vibe, vice, videotape, vie, vigilance, vigilante, vile, village, vindictive, vine, vintage, violate, violence, virile, virtue, visage, visible, visualize, vive, vogue, voice, volatile, voltage, volume, vote, voyage, vulnerable, vulture, vaccinate, vaccinee, vacillate, vacuolate, vacuole, vadose, vagabondage, vagile, vaginae, vaginate, vahine, valance, vale, valence, valerate, valiance, valine, valkyrie, vallate, valleculae, valorise, valorize, valse, valuate, valvate, valvulae, valvule, vambrace, vamose, vanadate, vandalise, vandalize, vandyke, vane, vanquishable, vaporise, vaporizable, vaporware, variate, varicocele, variegate, variole, varve, vasculature, vasectomize, vaselike, vasoactive, vasoconstrictive, vassalage, vastitude, vaticide, vaticinate, vaudeville, vauntie, vawntie, vedette, veepee, vegetate, vegete, vegetive, veggie, vegie, vehemence, veillike, veinlike, veinule, velarize, velate, veloce, velocipede, velodrome, veloute, velure, velvetlike, venae, vendable, vendace, vendee, vendeuse, vendible, vendue, venenate, venenose, venerate, venge, venine, venipuncture, venire, venose, ventage, ventricose, ventriloquize, venturesome, venule, venulose, veratridine, veratrine, verbalize, verbiage, verbicide, verbile, verbose, verdure, vergence, verifiable, verisimilitude, verite, verjuice, vermicide, vermiculate, vermiculite, vermifuge, vernacle, vernalize, vernicle, vernissage, verrucae, verrucose, versicle, versine, verste, vertebrate, verticillate, verve, vesicae, vesicate, vesicle, vesiculae, vesiculate, vespertine, vespine, vestee, vestige, vestlike, vesture, vesuvianite, vibrance, vibraphone, vibrate, vibratile, vibrissae, vicarage, vicarate, vicariance, vicariate, vicereine, vichyssoise, vicinage, vicissitude, vicomte, victimise, victimize, vide, videocassette, videoconference, videophile, videophone, vidette, viewable, vignette, villae, villanelle, villenage, villose, vinaigrette, vinasse, vinblastine, vincible, vincristine, vindicable, vindicate, vindicative, viniculture, vinylidene, violable, violative, violone … and 79 more
All words that fit VEstarts with L and ends with H.
labyrinth, larch, lash, latch, laugh, launch, lavish, leash, lech, leech, length, loath, loch, locksmith, loofah, lunch, lurch, lush, lymph, lynch, laccolith, ladyfish, ladyish, lagomorph, laich, laigh, laith, lakh, lamedh, lamellibranch, languish, largemouth, largish, larkish, lath, latish, lazyish, leach, leftish, lemonish, leprechaunish, letch, lich, lickerish, liebfraumilch, lightish, lionfish, liroth, lithograph, littlish, liverish, loach, lockstitch, logograph, logogriph, logomach, loincloth, longish, lotah, loth, loudish, loudmouth, lough, loutish, lowish, luftmensch, lumpfish, lumpish, lungfish
All words that fit LHstarts with C and ends with L, with A in between, in that order.
call, camel, canal, cancel, cannibal, cannonball, capital, capitol, caramel, cardinal, careful, carl, carnival, carol, carousel, carpool, cartel, carvel, casual, cathedral, centennial, central, cereal, cerebral, ceremonial, cervical, channel, chapel, charcoal, chemical, circumstantial, classical, clerical, clinical, coal, coastal, cocktail, coincidental, collateral, colonial, colossal, comical, commercial, communal, conceal, confessional, confidential, congenial, congressional, conjugal, consensual, constitutional, continental, controversial, conventional, conversational, coral, cordial, cornball, corporal, corporeal, corral, correctional, cranial, crawl, criminal, critical, crucial, crystal, cultural, curveball, custodial, cymbal, cynical, cabal, cacodyl, cacographical, cacomixl, cacuminal, cadastral, cadential, caecal, caesural, cageful, calcaneal, calciferol, calculational, calendal, calendrical, caliphal, calomel, calyceal, camail, cambial, cameral, campestral, camphol, canful, cannabinol, cannel, canonical, cansful, canthal, cantonal, cantorial, capful, caporal, capsidal, captopril, caracal, caracol, caracul, caravel, carbachol, carbamyl, carbaryl, carbinol, carbonyl, carboxyl, carcel, cardiological, carful, caricatural, carinal, carnal, carnassial, carousal, carpal, carpel, carpogonial, carrel, carrell, carrousel, carryall, cartographical, cartwheel, carvacrol, cascabel, casuistical, catachrestical, cataclysmal, catamenial, catarrhal, catcall, catchall, catchpoll, catechetical, catechismal, catechol, categorical, caterwaul, catfall, cathodal, cattail, caudal, caul, causal, cavil, cecal, celestial, censorial, censual, cental, centesimal, centrifugal, centripetal, ceramal, cercarial, cerebrospinal, chaetal, chainwheel, chalazal, chanceful, chancel, chancroidal, changeful, chaparral, characterful, characterological, charbroil, charnel, chasmal, chattel, cheliceral, chemosurgical, chiasmal, chimerical, chiral, chirographical, chital, chlamydial, chloral, chloramphenicol, cholecalciferol, choral, chordal, chordamesodermal, choreal, chorial, choroidal, chrismal, chromosomal, chronobiological, chronological, chronometrical, cicatricial, cinnamyl, circuital, circumferential, cisternal, citadel, citational, citral, citronellal, civilizational, cladodial, cladophyll, clamshell, clausal, claustral, cliental, climatal, climatological, clinal, clinicopathological, clitoral, cloacal, cloistral, clonal, clostridial, clubhaul, clypeal, coaeval, coattail, coaxal, coaxial, coccal, coccygeal, cochineal, cockatiel … and 171 more
All words that fit CALstarts with D and ends with R, with E in between, in that order.
dagger, dampener, damper, dancer, danger, dapper, darker, dasher, dater, daughter, deader, deadlier, dealer, dear, debonair, decanter, decipher, decker, decoder, decor, decorator, deeper, deer, defector, defender, defibrillator, deflower, deliver, demur, depressor, deserter, designer, despair, destroyer, detector, detonator, detour, developer, devour, diameter, diaper, dieter, differ, digger, dimmer, diner, dinner, director, disappear, disaster, discover, dishwasher, dismember, disorder, dispatcher, dispenser, diver, dodger, doer, doppelganger, dossier, dowager, downer, downriver, dowser, dozer, drawer, dreamer, dresser, drier, drifter, drinker, driver, dropper, drummer, dryer, dumber, dumper, dweller, dyer, dabber, dabbler, dabster, dacker, daffier, dafter, daiker, daintier, dallier, damager, dammer, damneder, damner, dander, dandier, dandler, dangler, danker, danseur, dapperer, darer, darkener, darklier, darneder, darner, darter, dashier, dauber, daubier, daunder, daunter, dawdler, daydreamer, dayflower, dazzler, deactivator, deadener, deadpanner, deaerator, deafer, deair, dearer, debar, debaser, debater, debaucher, deboner, debtor, debugger, debunker, decaliter, decameter, decapitator, decarbonizer, decayer, deceiver, decelerator, decemvir, decenter, decider, deciliter, decimeter, decipherer, declaimer, declarer, decliner, decolor, decolorizer, decolour, decomposer, deconstructor, decontaminator, decorticator, decoyer, decreer, decrier, dedicator, deedier, deemster, deepener, deepwater, deerstalker, defacer, defalcator, defamer, defaulter, defeater, defer, deferrer, defier, defiler, definer, deflater, deflator, deflector, deflowerer, defoamer, defogger, defoliator, deformer, defrauder, defrayer, defroster, defter, degasser, degausser, degrader, degreaser, dehorner, dehumidifier, dehydrator, deicer, deifier, deionizer, dejeuner, dekaliter, dekameter, delator, delayer, delegator, delighter, delimiter, delineator, deliverer, delouser, deluder, deluster, delver, demagnetizer, demander, demeanor, demeanour, demerger, demineralizer, demisemiquaver, democratizer, demodulator, demographer, demolisher, demonstrator, demoralizer, dempster, demultiplexer, demurer, demurrer, demythologizer, denier, denigrator, denitrifier, denominator, denouncer, denser, densitometer, denuder, deodar, deodorizer, deoxidizer, depicter, depictor, deplorer … and 309 more
All words that fit DERstarts with C and ends with S, with P in between, in that order.
campaigns, campers, campos, camps, campus, campuses, capabilities, capitalists, capitals, caps, capsules, captains, captives, cartographers, caterpillars, centerpieces, champions, championships, champs, chaperones, chaps, chapters, checkpoints, checkups, chimps, chips, chompers, choppers, chops, chopsticks, chumps, clippers, clippings, clips, clumps, collapses, companies, companions, compares, compartments, compass, compels, competitions, competitors, complains, complaints, completes, complexities, complicates, complications, compliments, components, composers, compounds, compressions, compromises, computers, concepts, conspicuous, conspiracies, conspirators, contraceptives, coopers, copies, coppers, cops, corporations, corps, corpses, correspondents, corresponds, couples, coupons, cramps, craps, creepers, creeps, crepes, cripes, cripples, crisps, crops, crumpets, crypts, cupboards, cupcakes, cups, cyclops, cypress, cyprus, cachepots, cacographies, cacophonies, cacophonous, cadetships, cajaputs, cajeputs, cajuputs, calcspars, calipashes, calipees, calipers, caliphates, caliphs, calligraphers, calligraphies, calligraphists, calliopes, callipees, callipers, callipygous, callithumps, calotypes, calpacks, calpacs, calthrops, caltraps, caltrops, calypsoes, calypsonians, calypsos, calypters, calyptras, camelopards, camerapersons, campaigners, campaniles, campanologies, campanologists, campanulas, campcrafts, campesinos, campfires, campgrounds, camphenes, camphines, camphires, camphols, camphoraceous, camphorates, camphors, campiness, campinesses, campings, campions, campongs, camporees, campsites, campylobacters, campylotropous, canapes, candlepins, candlepowers, canephors, canopies, cantaloupes, cantaloups, cantraips, cantraps, cantrips, capableness, capablenesses, capacious, capaciousness, capaciousnesses, capacitances, capacitates, capacitations, capacities, capacitors, caparisons, capelans, capelets, capelins, capercaillies, capercailzies, caperers, capers, capes, capeskins, capeworks, capfuls, caphs, capias, capiases, capillaries, capillarities, capitalises, capitalisms, capitalizations, capitalizes, capitations, capitols, capitularies, capitulates, capitulations, capless, caplets, caplins, capmakers, caponatas, caponiers, caponizes, capons, caporals, capos, capotes, capouches, cappers, cappings, cappuccinos, capriccios, caprices, capricious, capriciousness, capriciousnesses, caprifications, caprifigs, caprioles, capris, caprocks, caprolactams, capsaicins, capsicins, capsicums, capsids, capsizes, capsomers, capstans, capstones, capsulizes, captaincies, captainships, captans, captionless, captions, captious, captiousness, captiousnesses, captivates … and 899 more
All words that fit CPSstarts with C and ends with A, with E then R in between, in that order.
cafeteria, camera, chimera, cholera, criteria, caesura, caldera, candelabra, cathedra, centaurea, centra, cercaria, cerebella, cerebra, ceria, cesura, chelicera, cherimoya, chimaera, ciguatera, cineraria, cisterna, clepsydra, cocinera, coelentera, coleoptera, coleorhiza, computerphobia, concertina, conferva, cordillera, corynebacteria, counterguerilla, counterguerrilla, counterplea, counterpropaganda, crematoria, cryptomeria, cyanobacteria
All words that fit CERAstarts with K and ends with S, with I then N in between, in that order.
kidnappers, kidnaps, kidneys, killings, kindergartners, kindness, kinds, kingdoms, kings, kins, kittens, knickknacks, kachinas, kainites, kainits, kains, kaiserins, kakiemons, kalians, kallidins, kallikreins, kamaainas, kamsins, kanamycins, kaoliangs, kaolines, kaolinites, kaolins, karabiners, kartings, karyokineses, karyokinesis, karyotins, katchinas, katcinas, kations, kayakings, keepings, keglings, kelvins, kennings, kephalins, keratinizations, keratinizes, keratinous, keratins, kerosines, keybindings, khamsins, kiangs, kibbutzniks, kickboxings, kickstands, kidnapees, kidnapers, kidnappees, kidnappings, kidskins, kilderkins, kilns, kilotons, kiltings, kimonos, kinas, kinases, kindergarteners, kindergartens, kindheartedness, kindheartednesses, kindlers, kindles, kindless, kindliness, kindlinesses, kindlings, kindnesses, kindreds, kinemas, kinematics, kines, kinescopes, kineses, kinesics, kinesiologies, kinesis, kinestheses, kinesthesias, kinesthesis, kineticists, kinetics, kinetins, kinetochores, kinetoplasts, kinetoscopes, kinetosomes, kinfolks, kingbirds, kingbolts, kingcrafts, kingcups, kingfishers, kingfishes, kinghoods, kingless, kinglets, kingliness, kinglinesses, kingmakers, kingpins, kingposts, kingships, kingsides, kingwoods, kinins, kinkajous, kinkiness, kinkinesses, kinks, kinnikinnicks, kinos, kinships, kipskins, kirns, kitchenettes, kitchens, kitchenwares, kitlings, kittenishness, kittenishnesses, klutziness, klutzinesses, kneecappings, knifepoints, knightliness, knightlinesses, knittings, knottiness, knottinesses, knottings, knowingness, knowingnesses, knowings, koines, kolinskies, kookiness, kookinesses, kremlinologies, kremlinologists, kremlins, kundalinis
All words that fit KINSstarts with P and ends with L, with T then R in between, in that order.
paternal, patrol, petrol, portrayal, pretrial, prosecutorial, paleoanthropological, pantisocratical, pantropical, parenteral, pastoral, pastural, patriarchal, patricidal, patrilineal, patrimonial, patristical, patronal, pectoral, pentachlorophenol, pentahedral, pentobarbital, pentylenetetrazol, perturbational, petrel, petrochemical, petrographical, petrological, petronel, petrosal, peytral, peytrel, phantasmagorical, philanthropical, photomural, phratral, phytogeographical, phytosterol, pictorial, piscatorial, pitcherful, pitchersful, plastral, platterful, plattersful, poitrel, postcranial, postdoctoral, postembryonal, posterolateral, postexperimental, postimperial, postinaugural, postindustrial, postmarital, postoral, postorbital, postprandial, postpresidential, postsurgical, posttranscriptional, posttranslational, posttrial, postural, praetorial, preagricultural, precentorial, preceptorial, predoctoral, prefectural, prehistorical, preindustrial, premenstrual, presbyterial, preterminal, preternatural, pretravel, procathedral, proctorial, procuratorial, proprietorial, protectoral, prothonotarial, psychohistorical, pteridological, pterodactyl, purgatorial, pyrometallurgical
All words that fit PTRLstarts with R and ends with D, with A then R then O in between, in that order.
railroad, ramrod, runaround, railroaded, ramrodded, reapportioned, reappropriated, reapproved, rearoused
All words that fit RARODstarts with B and ends with D, with R then I then D in between, in that order.
barricaded, braided, bridesmaid, barricadoed, befriended, bridged, bridgehead, bridled, brigaded, brinded, brindled, broadsided, broidered
All words that fit BRIDDQuestions
- What were the answers to Wordspine #10?
- They're all above — every word that fits each spine, recognizable words first.
- Can I still play this puzzle?
- Pro days stay playable with an account. Sprint is today-only.
- When do answers get published?
- The day after the puzzle runs. Today's answers are never posted.