Wordspine #35
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Answers for puzzle #35. 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 BN. A word like baa looks close but doesn't count — it starts with B but ends with A, not N. Order is the whole game.
Pro — four levels
starts with B and ends with N.
baboon, backgammon, bacon, badminton, bagman, ballon, balloon, ban, bandwagon, barbarian, bargain, barman, barn, baron, barren, baseman, basin, bassoon, batman, baton, beacon, bean, beaten, bedpan, bedridden, been, began, begin, begun, bellman … and 319 more
All words that fit BNScoring on this level: BAN = 5 points, BACKGAMMON = 12 points.
starts with S and ends with S, with O in between, in that order.
sailboats, sailors, salutations, sanctimonious, santos, sarcoidosis, sarcophagus, scallions, scallops, scenarios, scholarships, schools, scissors, scoliosis, scones, scoops, scopes, scores, scorpions, scotches, scots, scoundrels, scouts, scrolls, seasons, seconds, sections, sectors, selections, senators … and 2749 more
All words that fit SOSScoring on this level: SCOTS = 9 points, SANCTIMONIOUS = 17 points.
starts with D and ends with G, with I then N in between, in that order.
dabbling, dallying, damaging, damning, dancing, dangling, daring, darling, dashing, dating, daunting, dawdling, dawning, daydreaming, dazzling, deafening, dealing, debating, debilitating, debriefing, decaying, deceiving, deciding, deciphering, declaring, declining, decomposing, decorating, dedicating, defacing … and 870 more
All words that fit DINGScoring on this level: DARING = 12 points, DEBILITATING = 18 points.
starts with E and ends with D, with N then T then E in between, in that order.
eliminated, emancipated, enacted, enchanted, encountered, encrusted, encrypted, enlightened, enlisted, entered, entertained, enthralled, enthused, enticed, entitled, entrenched, entrusted, entwined, excommunicated, exonerated, experimented, exterminated, elongated, emanated, embryonated, emendated, encapsulated, encysted, endited, enervated … and 30 more
All words that fit ENTEDScoring on this level: ENACTED = 15 points, EXCOMMUNICATED = 22 points.
Ranks on this day
- Beginner0
- Good Start25
- Moving Up55
- Good92
- Solid153
- Nice232
- Great318
- Genius427
- Perfect610
Sprint — ten rounds
Sprint can't be replayed, so this is the record of the day.
starts with F and ends with A.
fajita, farina, fauna, fedora, fella, feta, fiesta, flea, flora, formula, fuchsia, facia, facula, faena, falbala, fanega, fanegada, fanga, fantasia, farinha, fascia, fashionista, fatshedera, fatwa, fava, favela, favella, fazenda, fecula, feijoa, felucca, femora, fenestra, feria, fermata, ferula, feterita, fibrilla, fibroma, fibromata, fibrosarcoma, fibrosarcomata, fibula, fila, filaria, fimbria, fioritura, fistula, flabella, flagella, floribunda, florilegia, flota, flotilla, focaccia, folia, fontina, fora, foramina, foraminifera, forsythia, fossa, fovea, foveola, fraena, frambesia, fraxinella, freesia, frena, frenula, fritillaria, frittata, frusta, fulcra, funkia, furcraea, furcula
All words that fit FAstarts with S and ends with K.
sack, sank, sark, schmuck, schoolwork, scrapbook, seek, setback, shack, shamrock, shank, shark, sherlock, shipwreck, shock, shook, shriek, shrink, shrunk, shtick, shuck, shylock, sick, sidekick, sidewalk, silk, sink, skulk, skunk, slack, sleek, sleepwalk, slick, slink, smack, smirk, smock, snack, sneak, snook, snowbank, snuck, soak, sock, sook, spank, spark, speak, speck, spook, spunk, sputnik, squawk, squeak, stack, stalk, stark, steak, stick, stink, stock, stork, storybook, streak, struck, stuck, stunk, suck, sulk, sunblock, sunk, swank, salesclerk, saltwork, samek, sandbank, sanjak, sawbuck, scatback, schlock, schnook, schoolbook, schrik, schtick, schtik, screak, scrollwork, sculk, seacock, seamark, seasick, seatwork, selamlik, shaddock, shagbark, shashlick, shashlik, shaslik, sheepshank, sheik, shelduck, shellack, shellback, shellwork, shirk, shlock, shmuck, shnook, shoeblack, shoepack, shoptalk, shrank, shtik, shuttlecock, sidetrack, silverback, singlestick, sitzmark, sjambok, sketchbook, skewback, skink, skipjack, skyhook, skyjack, skylark, skywalk, slank, slapjack, slapstick, slickrock, slopwork, slotback, slunk, smeek, smerk, smokejack, smokestack, snapback, snark, sneck, snick, snowpack, soapbark, softback, solonchak, songbook, souk, soundtrack, sourcebook, soymilk, spacewalk, spadework, spatterdock, spellcheck, spelunk, spick, spik, springbok, stagestruck, stank, starstruck, steek, steelwork, steenbok, steeplejack, steinbok, stickleback, stickwork, stirk, stonework, stook, stopbank, stopcock, streek, strick, stringybark, strook, stuccowork, studbook, studwork, stylebook, subblock, subclerk, subnetwork, subtask, sunback, sundeck, sunstruck, superbank, superblock, superflack, superjock, superslick, superstock, superthick, supplejack, suslik, swayback, sweepback, swink, switchback
All words that fit SKstarts with U and ends with E, with M in between, in that order.
ultimate, umpire, uncomfortable, underestimate, undermine, unemployable, unfathomable, unimaginative, unmentionable, unmistakable, unwelcome, ugsome, ultimogeniture, ultrafeminine, ultramarine, ultramasculine, ultramicroscope, ultramicrotome, ultraminiature, ultramontane, ultrasimple, umangite, umbellate, umbilicate, umbonate, umbrae, umbrage, umbrette, umpirage, unamenable, unamiable, unassimilable, unawesome, unclimbable, uncombative, uncommunicable, uncommunicative, uncompassionate, uncompetitive, uncompromisable, unconformable, uncrumple, undemonstrative, underemphasize, undeterminable, unfeminine, unhandsome, unimaginable, unimpeachable, unimplementable, unimportance, unimpressive, uninformative, unmade, unmake, unmanageable, unmarketable, unmasculine, unmatchable, unmeasurable, unmemorable, unmingle, unmitre, unmixable, unmovable, unmuffle, unmuzzle, unnameable, unperformable, unprogrammable, unreclaimable, unredeemable, unremarkable, unremovable, unscramble, unsportsmanlike, untamable, untame, unwholesome, uptime, urochrome, username
All words that fit UMEstarts with H and ends with G, with U in between, in that order.
hallucinating, hamburg, harbouring, hauling, haunting, honouring, hounding, housecleaning, housekeeping, housewarming, housing, huffing, hug, hugging, hulking, humbling, humbug, humiliating, humming, humoring, humping, hung, hunting, hurling, hurrying, hurting, hurtling, habituating, hachuring, haircutting, hamstrung, handcuffing, haranguing, harrumphing, harumphing, headhunting, headquartering, heartburning, hemagglutinating, hiccoughing, hiccuping, hiccupping, hocusing, hocussing, homburg, housebreaking, houseling, houselling, housesitting, huckstering, huddling, hulling, hulloaing, hulloing, humanising, humanizing, humbugging, humidifying, hummocking, humouring, humphing, hunching, hungering, hunkering, hurdling, hurrahing, hurraying, husbanding, hushing, husking, hustling, hutching, hutting, huzzahing, huzzaing, hyperfunctioning, hyperimmunizing, hyperstimulating
All words that fit HUGstarts with P and ends with L, with I in between, in that order.
pail, painful, partial, pathological, pencil, perennial, peril, peripheral, pharmaceutical, philosophical, physical, physiological, pill, pinball, pistol, pitiful, pivotal, political, ponytail, potential, practical, prejudicial, premarital, presidential, pretrial, prevail, primal, primordial, principal, processional, prodigal, professional, proportional, prosecutorial, proverbial, provisional, psychological, pupil, puritanical, paginal, pailful, pailsful, palatial, paleoanthropological, paleobiological, paleobotanical, paleoecological, paleogeographical, paleographical, paleontological, paleopathological, paleozoological, pallial, palynological, panbroil, panegyrical, pantheistical, pantisocratical, pantropical, papergirl, paraboloidal, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiacal, paradisial, paradisical, paradoxical, paramedical, paranoidal, parapodial, paraprofessional, parapsychological, parasitical, parasiticidal, parasitological, paratactical, parboil, parenthetical, parietal, parimutuel, parochial, parricidal, participational, participial, pasquil, passional, pastil, patagial, pathetical, pathophysiological, patriarchal, patricidal, patrilineal, patrimonial, patristical, pedagogical, pedicel, pedimental, pedological, pelagial, penial, penicil, penitential, penological, pensil, pentobarbital, perceptional, pericardial, perichondral, pericranial, peridial, perigeal, perihelial, perikaryal, perinatal, perineal, periodical, periodontal, periosteal, perissodactyl, peristomial, perithecial, peritoneal, permutational, perorational, peroxisomal, perspectival, perturbational, pestilential, petechial, petrochemical, petrographical, petrological, phantasmagorical, pharisaical, pharmacognostical, pharmacological, pharmacopeial, pharmacopoeial, phenobarbital, phenological, phenomenological, phenotypical, phial, philanthropical, philological, philomel, phonological, phosphatidyl, photobiological, photochemical, photogeological, photomechanical, phraseological, phrenological, phthisical, phycological, physicochemical, physiognomical, physiographical, physiopathological, phytochemical, phytogeographical, phytopathological, phytosociological, pial, pibal, pical, pickadil, pickerel, pictorial, picul, piecemeal, pigtail, pimpernel, pineal, pinitol, pinnal, pintail, pinwheel, pipal, pipeful, piperonal, piratical, piscatorial, piscinal, pistil, pitcherful, pitchersful, pitfall, pixel, plaintful, planetesimal, planetoidal, planetological, plastidial, plastisol, platitudinal, playbill, playgirl, plentiful, plical, plimsol, plimsoll, pluvial, poetical, poitrel, polemical, pollical, polynomial, polyribosomal, polytheistical, polyvinyl, pomological, pontifical, pontil, popliteal, populational, positional, possessional, postaxial, postbiblical, postclassical, postcoital, postcolonial, postcranial, postdepositional, postexperimental, postglacial, posthospital, postimperial, postinaugural, postindustrial, postmarital, postmedieval, postmillennial, postnuptial, postorbital, postpositional, postprandial … and 122 more
All words that fit PILstarts with S and ends with S, with I then R in between, in that order.
sailors, sapphires, scissors, scriptures, seizures, seminars, seniors, shirtless, shirts, shivers, shoplifters, sideburns, signatures, similarities, singers, sinners, sirens, sirs, sisters, sitters, skirmishes, skirts, slippers, smithereens, smithers, snickers, snipers, soldiers, souvenirs, spiders, spirals, spirits, splinters, sprinklers, squirrels, squirts, stairs, stickers, stirs, strippers, suitors, superiors, survivors, sweatshirts, swimmers, swingers, sabirs, saccharimeters, sacrificers, sadirons, sailboardings, sailboards, sailboaters, sailers, sailplaners, salesgirls, salinometers, salivators, salliers, saltiers, saltires, salutiferous, samphires, sanctifiers, sandpipers, sanguinarias, sanitarians, sanitaries, sanitariums, sanitoriums, sansevierias, santirs, saponifiers, satires, satirises, satirists, satirizes, satisfactoriness, satisfactorinesses, sautoires, sautoirs, saviors, saviours, sawtimbers, saxifrages, scarifiers, sceneshifters, schillers, schipperkes, schizocarps, schizophrenes, schizophrenias, schizophrenics, schlockmeisters, schoolgirls, schoolmistress, schoolmistresses, scimetars, scimitars, scimiters, scintigraphies, scintillators, scintillometers, sciroccos, scirrhous, scirrhus, scirrhuses, scissortails, scissures, sciurids, sciurines, screenwriters, screwdrivers, scribblers, scribers, scrimmagers, scrimpers, scrimshanders, scripters, scriptwriters, scriveners, scrutineers, scrutinizers, seabirds, secularizers, seigneuries, seigneurs, seigniorages, seigniories, seigniors, seignorages, seignories, seiners, seisers, seismograms, seismographers, seismographies, seismographs, seismometers, seismometries, seisors, seisures, seizers, seizors, seleniferous, semiabstractions, semiaridities, semibreves, semicircles, semiconductors, semidarkness, semidarknesses, semideserts, semidiameters, semidocumentaries, semidwarfs, semidwarves, semigroups, semiliterates, semilustrous, seminarians, seminaries, seminarists, seminiferous, semiparasites, semipermeabilities, semiporcelains, semipornographies, semiprecious, semiprofessionals, semipros, semiquavers, semireligious, semiretirements, semisubmersibles, semitrailers, semitropics, semiworks, sempiternities, seniorities, sensitizers, sensitometers, sensitometries, sequiturs, sericultures, sericulturists, serigraphers, serigraphies, serigraphs, sermonizers, serviceberries, servicers, servitors, sesquicarbonates, sesquicentenaries, sesquiterpenes, shairds, shairns, shanghaiers, shellfires, shellfisheries, shickers, shielders, shiers, shifters, shikarees, shikaris, shikars, shikkers, shimmers, shiners, shinglers, shinneries, shinplasters, shipboards, shipbuilders, shipfitters, shipmasters, shipowners, shippers, shipworms, shipwrecks, shipwrights, shipyards, shires, shirkers, shirks, shirrings, shirrs, shirtdress, shirtdresses, shirtfronts, shirtings, shirtmakers, shirtsleeves, shirttails, shirtwaists, shivarees, shiverers, shopgirls … and 466 more
All words that fit SIRSstarts with B and ends with Y, with O then S in between, in that order.
biochemistry, biopsy, bosomy, bossy, boysenberry, backwoodsy, barbarously, beauteously, bellicosely, bellicosity, bibulously, bigamously, biliously, bioassay, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, biosafety, bioscopy, biosocially, biostratigraphy, biosynthetically, blasphemously, blepharoplasty, bloodlessly, bloodthirstily, bloodthirsty, blossomy, blousily, blousy, blowsily, blowsy, boastfully, bobstay, bodaciously, boisterously, bolshy, bombastically, bookishly, boorishly, bootlessly, bosky, bossily, bottomlessly, boundlessly, bounteously, bourgeoisify, bousy, boyishly, bronchoscopy, brosy, bulbously, bumptiously, burglariously
All words that fit BOSYstarts with R and ends with G, with I then N in between, in that order.
racing, racketeering, racking, radiating, rafting, ragging, raging, raiding, railing, railroading, raining, raising, rallying, rambling, ranging, ranking, ranting, raping, raring, rating, rationalizing, ratting, rattling, raving, ravishing, reaching, reacting, reading, realizing, rearing, rearranging, reasoning, reassigning, reassuring, rebelling, rebuilding, recalling, recanting, receding, receiving, reciting, reckoning, reclaiming, reclining, recognizing, recommending, reconciling, reconnecting, recording, recovering, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, recurring, recycling, redecorating, redeeming, reducing, reeking, reeling, referencing, referring, refining, reflecting, refreshing, refueling, refusing, regaining, regarding, registering, regretting, rehashing, rehearsing, reigning, reinstating, reinventing, rejecting, rejoicing, rejuvenating, relapsing, relating, relaxing, releasing, relieving, relinquishing, reliving, relying, remaining, remembering, reminding, remitting, remodelling, removing, reneging, renewing, renovating, renting, reopening, reorganizing, repairing, repeating, replacing, replaying, replicating, reporting, representing, reprogramming, requesting, requiring, rescuing, researching, resembling, resenting, reserving, resetting, residing, resigning, resisting, resolving, respecting, responding, resting, restoring, restraining, restructuring, resulting, retaining, retaliating, rethinking, retiring, retreating, retrieving, returning, reuniting, revealing, reveling, reviewing, revising, reviving, revoking, revolting, revolving, rewarding, rewriting, ridding, riding, rifling, rigging, ring, ringing, rinsing, rioting, ripping, rippling, rising, risking, riveting, roaming, roaring, roasting, robbing, rocking, rolling, romancing, romping, rooming, rooting, rotating, rotting, roughing, rounding, rousing, routing, roving, rowing, rubbing, ruining, ruling, rumbling, rummaging, running, rushing, rutting, rabbeting, rabbiting, rabbling, racemizing, racewalking, racketing, radding, raddling, radicalising, radicalizing, radicating, radiographing, radioing, radiolabeling, radiolabelling, raffling, ragouting, rainmaking, rainwashing, raking, ralphing, ramifying, ramming, rampaging, ramparting, ramping, ramrodding, ranching, randomizing, rankling, ransacking, ransoming, rappeling, rappelling, rapping, rapturing, rarefying, rarifying, rasing, rasping, rassling, rataplanning, ratcheting, ratifying, ratiocinating, rationalising, rationing, ratooning, rattening, rattooning, ravaging, raveling, ravelling, ravening, ravining, rawhiding, raxing … and 1008 more
All words that fit RINGstarts with P and ends with E, with S then T then I in between, in that order.
pastime, perspective, pestilence, positive, prestige, procrastinate, prospective, prostitute, parasiticide, parasitise, parasitize, passementerie, pasteurise, pasteurize, pastiche, pastie, pastille, pedestrianize, persecutive, personative, pesticide, philistine, phosphatide, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatize, phosphocreatine, phosphofructokinase, phosphorylative, photopositive, photosensitive, photosensitize, photosynthesize, physostigmine, pinstripe, pistillate, plasticene, plasticine, plasticize, plastique, plastoquinone, polycrystalline, postcardlike, postcollegiate, postdeadline, postdive, postdivestiture, postdivorce, posteruptive, postexercise, postexperience, postfire, postiche, postindependence, postique, postliterate, postoperative, postpositive, poststrike, predestinate, predestine, prepositive, prescriptive, presentative, preservative, presterilize, prestrike, presumptive, pristine, prognosticate, prognosticative, proscriptive, proselytise, proselytize, prostie, proustite, psittacine, psychoactive, pulsatile
All words that fit PSTIEstarts with W and ends with G, with O then I then N in between, in that order.
wallowing, welcoming, whooping, whopping, withholding, womanizing, wondering, wooing, wording, working, worming, worrying, worshipping, wounding, waggoning, wagoning, wainscoting, wainscotting, walloping, wantoning, warehousing, warmongering, watchdogging, waterboarding, waterflooding, waterfowling, waterlogging, waterproofing, waygoing, weaponing, weatherboarding, weatherproofing, wheelbarrowing, whistleblowing, wholesaling, whomping, whoofing, whooshing, whoring, widowing, wildfowling, willowing, windowing, windrowing, winnowing, wobbling, wolfing, womaning, womanising, wonning, wonting, woodcarving, woodcutting, wooding, woodshedding, woodworking, woofing, woolgathering, woopsing, wooshing, worldling, worriting, worsening, worshiping, worsting, worthing, wotting, wowing, wrongdoing, wronging
All words that fit WOINGQuestions
- What were the answers to Wordspine #35?
- 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.