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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.

Why words fit

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

Level 1PD1115 words fit

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 PD

Scoring on this level: PAD = 5 points, PARTICIPATED = 14 points.

Level 2UST119 words fit

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 UST

Scoring on this level: UPSET = 9 points, ULTRASEGREGATIONIST = 23 points.

Level 3SATS1156 words fit

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 SATS

Scoring on this level: SEATS = 11 points, SANCTIMONIOUS = 19 points.

Level 4PIHED27 words fit

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 PIHED

Scoring on this level: PISHED = 14 points, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHED = 25 points.

Ranks on this day

  • Beginner0
  • Good Start26
  • Moving Up59
  • Good98
  • Solid163
  • Nice247
  • Great338
  • Genius455
  • Perfect650
Play this Pro day

Sprint — ten rounds

Sprint can't be replayed, so this is the record of the day.

Round 1VE319 words fit

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 VE
Round 2LH69 words fit

starts 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 LH
Round 3CAL411 words fit

starts 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 CAL
Round 4DER549 words fit

starts 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 DER
Round 5CPS1139 words fit

starts 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 CPS
Round 6CERA39 words fit

starts 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 CERA
Round 7KINS150 words fit

starts 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 KINS
Round 8PTRL88 words fit

starts 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 PTRL
Round 9RAROD9 words fit

starts 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 RAROD
Round 10BRIDD13 words fit

starts 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 BRIDD

Questions

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.