Wordspine #11
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Answers for puzzle #11. 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 BE. A word like baa looks close but doesn't count — it starts with B but ends with A, not E. Order is the whole game.
Pro — four levels
starts with B and ends with E.
babble, babe, bachelorette, backbone, backfire, backside, backslide, backstage, backstroke, badge, baggage, bake, balance, bale, ballgame, bandage, bane, banshee, baptize, barbecue, bare, barge, barnacle, baroque, barrage, barre, barricade, base, baste, bastille … and 745 more
All words that fit BEScoring on this level: BABE = 6 points, BACHELORETTE = 14 points.
starts with R and ends with H, with S in between, in that order.
radish, rash, ravish, reddish, refresh, rehash, relinquish, relish, replenish, research, rosebush, rubbish, rush, rabbitbrush, raffish, rainwash, rakish, rammish, rankish, raspish, ratfish, rattish, rawish, redfish, reestablish, refinish, refurbish, refurnish, repolish, republish … and 15 more
All words that fit RSHScoring on this level: RASH = 8 points, RABBITBRUSH = 15 points.
starts with P and ends with E, with R then N in between, in that order.
patronize, percentage, percentile, perchance, performance, persistence, personable, personalize, pomegranate, porcupine, prance, precedence, prednisone, preference, presence, presentable, pretense, preventative, preventive, prince, principle, procrastinate, promenade, prone, pronounce, propane, provenance, providence, provolone, prudence … and 197 more
All words that fit PRNEScoring on this level: PRONE = 11 points, PROCRASTINATE = 19 points.
starts with T and ends with T, with N then A then N in between, in that order.
tenant, tournament, transparent, transplant, tantamount, transductant, transformationalist, transhumant, trenchant
All words that fit TNANTScoring on this level: TENANT = 14 points, TRANSFORMATIONALIST = 27 points.
Ranks on this day
- Beginner0
- Good Start22
- Moving Up48
- Good80
- Solid133
- Nice203
- Great277
- Genius373
- Perfect532
Sprint — ten rounds
Sprint can't be replayed, so this is the record of the day.
starts with P and ends with G.
pacing, packing, padding, paddling, paging, painting, pampering, pandering, panicking, panting, parachuting, parading, paralyzing, parasailing, parenting, parking, participating, parting, partying, passing, patching, patrolling, patronizing, patting, paving, pawing, pawning, paying, pecking, pedaling, peddling, peeing, peeking, peeling, peeping, peering, peg, pelting, pending, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, performing, permitting, perpetuating, persecuting, pertaining, pestering, petitioning, petting, phasing, philandering, photographing, picketing, picking, picturing, piddling, piecing, piercing, pig, piling, pimping, pinching, ping, pining, pinning, piping, pissing, pitching, pitting, pitying, placing, plaguing, planing, planning, planting, plating, playing, plaything, pleading, pleasing, pleasuring, pledging, plotting, plowing, plucking, plug, plugging, plumbing, plummeting, plunging, poaching, pointing, poisoning, poking, policing, polishing, polling, polluting, pong, pooling, popping, poring, posing, positioning, possessing, posting, postponing, potting, pounding, pouring, pouting, powering, practicing, practising, praising, prancing, prattling, praying, preaching, preceding, predicting, preparing, prepping, prescribing, presenting, presiding, pressing, pressuring, presuming, pretending, preventing, preying, primping, printing, prioritizing, proceeding, processing, prodding, producing, profiling, programming, progressing, projecting, prolong, promising, promoting, prompting, proofing, proposing, propositioning, propping, prosecuting, protecting, protesting, protruding, providing, proving, provoking, pruning, prying, publishing, pudding, puffing, pug, puking, pulling, pulsating, pumping, punching, punishing, purchasing, purging, pursuing, pushing, putting, puzzling, pacemaking, pacesetting, pacifying, packaging, packeting, paddocking, padlocking, padnag, paganising, paganizing, paginating, paiking, paining, painkilling, painstaking, pairing, palatalizing, palavering, paling, palisading, palletising, palletizing, palliating, palling, palming, palpating, palpitating, palsying, paltering, pamphleteering, panbroiling, pancaking, pandying, paneling, panelling, panfrying, pang, panging, panhandling, panning, pantomiming, paperhanging, papering, papermaking, paradropping, paraffining, paragliding, paragoning, paragraphing, paralleling, parallelling, paralysing, parameterizing, parametrizing, parang, paraphrasing, parasang, parasitising, parasitizing, parawing, parboiling, parbuckling, parceling … and 705 more
All words that fit PGstarts with R and ends with Y.
racy, radically, radiology, raggedy, rainy, rally, randomly, randy, rapidly, rarely, rarity, rashly, raspberry, rationally, ratty, ray, reactionary, readily, ready, realistically, reality, really, realty, reasonably, recently, recklessly, recovery, rectify, rectory, redundancy, refinery, regency, registry, regrettably, regularity, regularly, relatively, relativity, relay, relentlessly, reliability, religiously, reluctantly, rely, remarkably, remarry, remedy, remotely, repay, repeatedly, replay, reply, reportedly, repository, residency, respectability, respectfully, respectively, respiratory, responsibility, responsibly, retaliatory, reverently, revolutionary, rickety, rickey, ridiculously, rightfully, rightly, righty, riley, risky, ritzy, rivalry, roadway, robbery, rocky, romantically, roomy, rosemary, rosy, rotary, roughly, routinely, rowdy, royally, royalty, ruby, rudely, rudimentary, rugby, rummy, runaway, runny, runway, rusty, ruthlessly, rabbinically, rabbitry, rabbity, rabidity, rabidly, raceway, racially, racily, rackety, rackingly, radially, radiancy, radiantly, radiately, radioactively, radioactivity, radioautography, radiobiologically, radiobiology, radiochemically, radiochemistry, radioecology, radiographically, radiography, radioimmunoassay, radioisotopically, radiologically, radiolucency, radiometrically, radiometry, radiosensitivity, radiotelegraphy, radiotelemetry, radiotelephony, radiotherapy, raffishly, raggedly, raggy, ragingly, raillery, railway, rainily, raisiny, rakehelly, rakishly, ramblingly, rambunctiously, ramify, rammy, ramosely, ramosity, rampageously, rampancy, rampantly, rancidity, rancidly, rancorously, rangy, rankly, rantingly, rapaciously, rapacity, rapidity, raptly, rapturously, rarefy, rarify, rascality, rascally, raspingly, raspy, ratably, ratany, rateably, ratify, rationalistically, rationality, rattlingly, rattly, raucity, raucously, raunchily, raunchy, ravelly, ravenously, ravingly, ravishingly, rawly, reactively, reactivity, readability, readably, readerly, reapply, reasonability, reasonlessly, reassembly, reassuringly, rebarbatively, rebelliously, rebody, rebury, rebuy, recalcitrancy, recallability, recarry, recency, receptively, receptivity, recertify, recessionary, recessively, rechromatography, reciprocally, reciprocity, reclassify, reclusively, recodify, recognizability, recognizably, recommendatory, reconcilability, reconciliatory, reconditely, reconvey, recopy, recoverability, recriminatory, rectally, rectangularity, rectangularly, rectifiability, rectilinearly, recumbency, recurrently, recursively, recusancy, redbay, redefy, redelivery, redemptory, redeny, redeploy … and 357 more
All words that fit RYstarts with P and ends with N, with O in between, in that order.
pantheon, paragon, pardon, participation, parton, passion, pathogen, patrolman, patrolmen, patron, pavilion, penetration, pension, pentagon, peon, perception, perfection, permission, person, perspiration, persuasion, perversion, petition, phenomenon, pigeon, pincushion, piston, plankton, plantation, platoon, poison, policeman, policemen, politician, pollen, pollution, polymerization, pontoon, popcorn, population, porcelain, porn, portion, position, possession, postman, potion, precaution, precision, predisposition, premonition, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, prevention, prison, probation, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, prosecution, prostitution, protection, protein, proven, provision, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, pacification, paction, paeon, pagination, palatalization, palletization, palliation, palmation, palpation, palpitation, pancreozymin, pangolin, pantaloon, pantechnicon, papillon, paralyzation, parameterization, parametrization, parasitization, parathion, parazoan, parergon, parhelion, parkinsonian, parson, particularization, partition, parturition, parvolin, passivation, pastedown, pasteurization, patination, patrolwoman, patrolwomen, patronization, patroon, pauldron, pavillon, pectination, peculation, pelletization, pelon, pelorian, penalization, pennon, penstemon, pentahedron, pentathlon, pentosan, pentstemon, peppercorn, pepsinogen, peptidoglycan, perambulation, percolation, percussion, perdition, peregrination, pereion, perennation, pereon, perforation, perfusion, perigon, perihelion, perikaryon, periodization, periphyton, permeation, permutation, peroration, perpetration, perpetuation, perron, persecution, perseveration, persimmon, personalization, personation, personification, perturbation, pervasion, petrifaction, petrification, phaeton, phasedown, phellogen, phelonion, phenolphthalein, phenytoin, philodendron, phlogiston, phon, phonation, phonetician, phonon, phosphatization, phosphin, phosphoprotein, phosphorylation, photocoagulation, photocomposition, photodecomposition, photodisintegration, photodissociation, photoduplication, photoelectron, photoemission, photoexcitation, photoinduction, photointerpretation, photoionization, photon, photooxidation, photophosphorylation, photoproduction, photoreaction, photoreactivation, photoreception, photoreduction, photoreproduction, photorespiration, photosensitization, phycocyanin, phycoerythrin, phylon, phytoalexin, phytohemagglutinin, phyton, phytopathogen, phytoplankton, picaroon, pickaroon, picolin, picrotoxin, pictorialization, picturization, pidginization, pigmentation, pillion, pinion, pinon, pinyon, pion, pirogen, pitchwoman, pitchwomen, piton, pivotman, pivotmen, pixilation, placation, placentation, plainclothesman, plainclothesmen, plainspoken, planation, plasminogen, plasmon … and 283 more
All words that fit PONstarts with T and ends with D, with O in between, in that order.
tabloid, tailored, tattooed, terrorized, thousand, threshold, thyroid, toad, toasted, tod, toed, told, tolerated, toned, toothed, topped, torched, tormented, torpedoed, torrid, tortured, tossed, totaled, totalled, touched, toured, toward, towed, toyed, transformed, transported, troubled, truckload, turnaround, typhoid, tabooed, tabored, taboured, tackboard, tagboard, tailboard, tailcoated, tailorbird, tallowed, tallyhoed, taloned, tamboured, tamponed, tangoed, teaboard, teakwood, technologized, teeterboard, teetotaled, teetotalled, telecommuted, teleconferenced, telephoned, teleported, telescoped, telford, temporalized, temporised, temporized, tenebrionid, tenfold, tenoned, tensioned, teratoid, terpenoid, terraformed, territorialized, terrorised, testcrossed, tetanoid, tetrachord, tetraploid, tetrapod, tetroxid, teutonized, thalloid, thenceforward, theologised, theologized, theorised, theorized, thermoformed, thermoregulated, thermostated, thermostatted, theroid, theropod, tholed, thonged, thorned, thoroughbred, thoued, thousandfold, threefold, throated, throbbed, throned, thronged, throttled, throttlehold, thundercloud, thylakoid, thymectomized, thyreoid, thyroidectomized, thyrsoid, ticktocked, tictocked, tippytoed, tiptoed, toadied, tobogganed, tochered, toddled, toddlerhood, toehold, toenailed, togaed, togated, togged, toggled, toiled, toileted, toited, toked, tokened, toled, tolled, toluid, tomahawked, tombed, tomcatted, tomcod, tommed, tonged, tongued, tonsured, tooled, toolhead, toolshed, tooted, tootled, toped, toppled, topsoiled, topstitched, topworked, torchwood, toroid, torpid, torqued, torrefied, torrified, tortricid, totalised, totalitarianized, totalized, toted, totted, tottered, touchwood, toughed, toughened, tourneyed, toused, tousled, touted, touzled, toweled, towelled, towered, towhead, towheaded, towmond, toxoid, traditionalized, trainload, tramroad, transistorised, transistorized, transitioned, translocated, transmogrified, transposed, trapezoid, trichoid, trichomonad, tricolored, tricornered, trifold, trilobed, trioxid, triploid, tripod, troaked, trochoid, trocked, trod, troked, troland, trolled, trolleyed, trollied, tromped, trooped, trophied, tropicalized, trothed, trothplighted, trotted, troubleshooted, trounced, trouped, trowed, troweled, trowelled, truncheoned, tuberculoid, tuberoid, tulipwood, turbocharged, turmoiled, tutored, tutoyed, tutoyered, tuxedoed, twofold, typographed
All words that fit TODstarts with S and ends with S, with T in between, in that order.
sailboats, saints, saltines, salutations, sanctimonious, santos, satellites, satisfies, scents, schematics, scientists, scotches, scots, scouts, scratches, scripts, scriptures, sculptures, seamstress, seats, secretaries, secrets, sections, sectors, securities, sedatives, segments, selections, semantics, senators, sensibilities, sentences, sentiments, sentinels, separates, servants, sesterces, setbacks, sets, settings, settlements, settles, seventies, sharpshooters, sheets, shelters, shifts, shipments, shirtless, shirts, shits, shooters, shootings, shoots, shoplifters, shortcomings, shortness, shorts, shotguns, shots, shouts, shuts, shutters, shuttles, sightings, sightless, sights, signatures, similarities, simpletons, simulates, simulations, sisters, sitcoms, sites, sits, sitters, situations, sixties, skateboards, skaters, skates, skeeters, skeletons, sketches, skirts, skittles, slots, sluts, smartass, smartphones, smarts, smithereens, smithers, snapshots, snatchers, snatches, snitches, sockets, softness, solutions, sometimes, sonnets, soothes, sororities, sorts, soviets, specialists, specialties, specifications, spectacles, spectators, speculations, spirits, spits, splinters, splits, spontaneous, sports, spotless, spotlights, spots, spotters, spreadsheets, sprints, sprouts, squatters, squirts, stables, stacks, staffers, stages, stainless, stains, stairs, stakeouts, stakes, stalkers, stalks, stamps, standards, stands, stares, starlets, stars, starters, starts, stasis, statements, states, stations, statistics, stats, statues, status, statutes, stays, steaks, steals, stems, steps, stereotypes, steroids, stewardess, stewardesses, stewards, stickers, sticks, stiles, stilettos, stillness, stills, stilts, stimulus, stings, stinks, stipulates, stirs, stitches, stockbrokers, stockholders, stockings, stocks, stokes, stomachs, stones, stools, stops, stores, stories, storms, stowaways, straights, strains, straits, strangeness, strangers, strapless, straps, strategies, strawberries, straws, streaks, streams, streetlights, streets, strengths, strenuous, stress, stresses, stretches, strides, strikes, strings, stripes, strippers, strips, strokes, strolls, struggles, struts, stubs, students, studies, studios, studious, studs, stuffs, stumbles, stumps, stunts, stupendous, styles, stylings, subjects, subscriptions, substances, subtitles, suggestions, suggests … and 2985 more
All words that fit STSstarts with C and ends with G, with R then N in between, in that order.
capturing, caring, carjacking, caroling, carolling, carpeting, carrying, carting, carving, catering, caterwauling, celebrating, chaperoning, characterizing, charging, charming, cheering, cheerleading, chirping, christening, circling, clamoring, clarifying, clearing, cluttering, collaborating, coloring, comforting, commemorating, comparing, comprehending, compromising, concentrating, concerning, conferring, confirming, confronting, congratulating, conjuring, conquering, considering, consorting, conspiring, contradicting, contributing, controlling, converging, converting, cooperating, coordinating, cornering, correcting, corresponding, corrupting, counterfeiting, coursing, courting, covering, cowering, cracking, crackling, crafting, cramming, cramping, cranking, crapping, crashing, craving, crawling, creaming, creating, creeping, criticizing, crossing, crouching, crowding, crowing, crowning, cruising, crumbling, crushing, crying, curing, curling, cursing, calendaring, calendering, calibrating, calipering, callipering, calorizing, cambering, camphorating, cankering, cantering, cantilevering, caparisoning, capering, caprioling, caracoling, caracolling, caramelising, caramelizing, caravaning, caravanning, carbonadoing, carbonating, carbonizing, carboxylating, carbureting, carburetting, carburising, carburizing, carding, careening, careering, caregiving, caressing, caretaking, caricaturing, carillonning, carking, carling, carnifying, caroming, carousing, carpentering, carpetbagging, carping, carpooling, carroming, cartelising, cartelizing, cartoning, cartooning, cartwheeling, cashiering, casseroling, castrating, categorising, categorizing, catheterizing, cauterizing, cavaliering, caverning, cavorting, cellaring, censoring, censuring, centering, centralising, centralizing, centrifuging, centring, cerebrating, cering, certificating, certifying, chaffering, chagrining, chagrinning, chairing, chairmaning, chairmanning, chambering, chamfering, chaptering, charactering, charbroiling, charcoaling, charing, charioting, charking, charring, chartering, charting, chattering, chauffeuring, checkering, checkmarking, checkrowing, cheeseparing, chemisorbing, chequering, cherishing, childbearing, childproofing, chippering, chirking, chirming, chirring, chirruping, chittering, chivareeing, chivariing, chlorinating, chloroforming, choiring, choppering, chording, choreographing, choring, chortling, chorusing, chorussing, chowdering, chromatographing, chroming, chromizing, chromolithographing, chronicling, chuntering, churchgoing, churching, churning, churring, cicatrizing, cincturing, cindering, ciphering, circuiting, circularising, circularizing, circulating, circumambulating, circumcising, circumfusing, circumnavigating, circumscribing, circumstancing, circumstantiating, circumvallating, circumventing, clabbering, clambering, clamouring, clangoring, clangouring, clapboarding, clapperclawing … and 291 more
All words that fit CRNGstarts with C and ends with C, with T then I in between, in that order.
cataclysmic, catastrophic, catatonic, cathartic, catholic, chaotic, charismatic, chauvinistic, cinematic, claustrophobic, concentric, copacetic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cybernetic, cystic, cabalistic, cachectic, calcitic, calisthenic, calorimetric, cannibalistic, cantic, capitalistic, cardiothoracic, cardiotonic, carditic, cartographic, caryatic, casuistic, catabolic, catachrestic, catadioptric, catalatic, catalectic, cataleptic, catalytic, cataphoretic, cataphoric, catechistic, catecholaminergic, categoric, cathectic, cathodic, cationic, catoptric, caustic, cellulolytic, cenobitic, centralistic, centric, centromeric, centrosymmetric, cephalometric, cerotic, characteristic, chemiosmotic, chemoautotrophic, chemoprophylactic, chemosynthetic, chemotactic, chemotaxonomic, chemotherapeutic, chiasmatic, chiastic, chiliastic, chiropractic, chloritic, chloroplastic, chlorotic, cholestatic, cholesteric, chondritic, chorioallantoic, chromatic, chromatinic, chromatographic, chromatolytic, chromolithographic, chromonematic, chronometric, chthonic, chymotryptic, cinematographic, cirrhotic, cistronic, citric, cladistic, cladogenetic, classicistic, clastic, clavieristic, cleistogamic, climacteric, climactic, climatic, clinicopathologic, cliometric, clitic, clitoric, cobaltic, coenocytic, coenzymatic, colitic, collectivistic, colonialistic, colorimetric, coloristic, columnistic, comatic, cometic, commercialistic, communistic, compatriotic, computerphobic, conceptualistic, conductimetric, conductometric, conglomeratic, consumeristic, contortionistic, copasetic, copesetic, coprolitic, corybantic, coulometric, counterscientific, cratonic, crescentic, cretic, crosslinguistic, cryostatic, cryptanalytic, cryptogamic, cryptogenic, cryptographic, cryptologic, crystallographic, cubistic, cultic, cuneatic, cyanitic, cyanogenetic, cyanotic, cycloaliphatic, cyclothymic, cyclotomic, cystoscopic, cytogenetic, cytokinetic, cytologic, cytolytic, cytomegalic, cytopathic, cytopathogenic, cytophilic, cytophotometric, cytoplasmic, cytosolic, cytostatic, cytotaxonomic, cytotoxic
All words that fit CTICstarts with R and ends with D, with M then N in between, in that order.
recommend, recommended, remained, remind, reminded, reprimand, reprimanded, recombined, recommenced, recommissioned, recompensed, recontaminated, recriminated, redemand, redemanded, redetermined, reexamined, regimented, rehumanized, reimagined, reimplanted, relumined, remaindered, remand, remanded, remanned, remanufactured, remend, remended, reminisced, reminted, remoistened, remonetized, remonstrated, remounted, remunerated, renominated, reremind, rereminded, resummoned, rimland, romanced, romanised, romanized, romanticised, romanticized, ruminated
All words that fit RMNDstarts with C and ends with S, with C then H then E in between, in that order.
catchers, catches, churches, clinches, clutches, coaches, cockroaches, crunches, crutches, cachepots, caches, cachets, cachexias, cachexies, cachinnates, cacoethes, cacographies, cacophonies, caleches, caliches, capouches, capuches, caroaches, caroches, carritches, carroches, cartouches, catachreses, catachresis, catchflies, catchments, catchphrases, catchpoles, catecheses, catechesis, catechizers, catechizes, catecholamines, catechumens, ceviches, chaffinches, chatchkes, chincherinchees, chinches, chokecherries, chuckholes, chuckleheads, churchgoers, churchianities, churchless, churchliness, churchlinesses, churchwardens, cinches, cinchonines, clenchers, clenches, cliches, clinchers, cloches, coachers, cochairpersons, cochineals, cochleas, cockchafers, cockhorses, cockleshells, cockshies, colchicines, conches, conchies, conchologies, cooches, coresearchers, corniches, cornstarches, cosmochemistries, cosmochemists, couchers, couches, counterchanges, countercharges, counterchecks, countermarches, counterpunchers, counterpunches, cowcatchers, cowpunchers, cranches, cratches, craunches, creches, crocheters, crochets, crosschecks, crosshatches, crosspatches, crotches, crotchetiness, crotchetinesses, crotchets, crouches, crunchers, crunchiness, crunchinesses, culches, cultches, curches, cutcheries, cutches, cycadophytes, cyclohexanes, cyclohexanones, cycloheximides, cyclohexylamines, cyclophosphamides, cytochemistries, cytochromes, cytotechnologies, czarevitches
All words that fit CCHESstarts with C and ends with D, with U then B then E in between, in that order.
clubbed, crumbled, cubed, circumambulated, circumscribed, clubfooted, clubhauled, copublished, counterbalanced, counterblockaded, crumbed, cumberbund, cumbered, curbed, currycombed, curveballed
All words that fit CUBEDQuestions
- What were the answers to Wordspine #11?
- 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.