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Wordspine #59

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Answers for puzzle #59. 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 ST. A word like sabbath looks close but doesn't count — it starts with S but ends with H, not T. Order is the whole game.

Pro — four levels

Level 1ST997 words fit

starts with S and ends with T.

sacrament, saddest, sadist, safest, sailboat, saint, salient, salt, sanest, sat, sauerkraut, sawdust, scant, scapegoat, scariest, scarlet, scat, scent, scientist, scoot, scot, scout, script, seat, secret, segment, select, sent, sentient, sentiment … and 967 more

All words that fit ST

Scoring on this level: SAT = 5 points, SAUERKRAUT = 12 points.

Level 2ELS943 words fit

starts with E and ends with S, with L in between, in that order.

eagles, earlobes, earplugs, earthlings, editorials, eels, effortless, eggshells, elbows, elders, elections, electricians, electrodes, electrolytes, electronics, electrons, elements, elephants, elevates, elevators, eliminates, elks, elms, eludes, elves, emails, emeralds, employees, employers, enables … and 913 more

All words that fit ELS

Scoring on this level: EELS = 8 points, ELECTRICIANS = 16 points.

Level 3FGUE9 words fit

starts with F and ends with E, with G then U in between, in that order.

fatigue, figurative, figure, fugue, figuline, figurate, figurine, fulgurate, fulgurite

All words that fit FGUE

Scoring on this level: FUGUE = 11 points, FIGURATIVE = 16 points.

Level 4SOWER33 words fit

starts with S and ends with R, with O then W then E in between, in that order.

shower, showstopper, slower, songwriter, sportswear, sunflower, superpower, safflower, sallower, scowder, scowler, shadower, shadowier, shallower, shipowner, showerer, showier, snowblower, snowboarder, snowier, snowmaker, snowmobiler, snowshoer, somewhither, sorrower, southwester, sower, sportswriter, starflower, stonewaller … and 3 more

All words that fit SOWER

Scoring on this level: SOWER = 13 points, SPORTSWRITER = 20 points.

Ranks on this day

  • Beginner0
  • Good Start22
  • Moving Up49
  • Good81
  • Solid134
  • Nice204
  • Great279
  • Genius376
  • Perfect536
Play this Pro day

Sprint — ten rounds

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

Round 1GG389 words fit

starts with G and ends with G.

gabbing, gag, gagging, gaining, galling, gallivanting, galloping, gambling, gang, ganging, gardening, gargling, gasbag, gasping, gathering, gauging, gawking, gearing, generating, gestating, getting, gig, giggling, ginseng, giving, glamping, glaring, gleaming, gliding, glittering, gloating, glowing, gluing, gnawing, goading, going, golfing, gong, goofing, gossiping, gouging, governing, grabbing, gracing, grading, graduating, granting, grasping, gratifying, grazing, greasing, greeting, grieving, grilling, grinding, grinning, griping, gripping, groaning, grog, grooming, groping, grossing, groundbreaking, groundhog, grounding, grouping, groveling, growing, grubbing, grudging, grumbling, guaranteeing, guarding, guessing, guiding, gulag, gunning, gurgling, gushing, gutting, guzzling, gabbling, gabling, gadding, gadrooning, gaeing, gaffing, gaggling, gaging, gaingiving, gainsaying, gaiting, galavanting, galivanting, gallanting, gallerying, galleting, gallicizing, gallying, galoping, galumphing, galvanising, galvanizing, gamboling, gambolling, gaming, gamming, gammoning, gandering, gangbang, gangling, gangrening, gantleting, gaoling, gaping, gapping, garaging, garbing, garbling, garlanding, garmenting, garnering, garnisheeing, garnishing, garoting, garotting, garring, garrisoning, garroting, garrotting, gartering, gasconading, gashing, gasifying, gasking, gaslighting, gassing, gasting, gastrulating, gatekeeping, gating, gauffering, gauming, gauntleting, gaveling, gavelling, gavotting, gawping, gazetting, gazing, gazumping, gecking, geeing, gelandesprung, gelating, gelatinizing, gelding, gelling, geminating, gemmating, gemming, gendering, generalising, generalizing, genseng, gentling, gentrifying, genuflecting, geocaching, geoengineering, geologizing, geometrising, geometrizing, germanizing, germinating, gerrymandering, gesticulating, gesturing, gettering, gheraoing, ghettoing, ghettoizing, ghosting, ghostwriting, gibbering, gibbeting, gibbetting, gibbing, gibing, giddying, gieing, gifting, gigging, gilding, gilling, gillnetting, gillying, gimbaling, gimballing, gimleting, gimmicking, gimping, gingering, ginning, gipping, gipsying, girding, girdling, girning, girthing, girting, glaceing, glaciating, gladdening, gladding, glairing, glamorising, glamorizing, glamouring, glamourizing, glancing, glassblowing, glassing, glassmaking, glasspapering, glazing, gleaning, gleeking, gleeting, gleg, gleying, gliming, glimmering, glimpsing, glinting, glissading, glistening, glistering, gloaming … and 149 more

All words that fit GG
Round 2FG535 words fit

starts with F and ends with G.

facing, factoring, fading, fag, failing, fainting, faking, falling, fang, fanning, fantasizing, farthing, fascinating, fasting, fathering, fattening, fawning, fearing, feasting, feathering, featuring, feeding, feeling, felling, fencing, fending, festering, fibbing, fiddling, fielding, fig, fighting, figuring, filing, filling, filming, filmmaking, finalizing, financing, finding, finishing, firebug, firing, fishing, fitting, fixating, fixing, flag, flagging, flailing, flaming, flanking, flapping, flaring, flashing, flattering, flaunting, fleabag, fledgling, fleeing, fleeting, flexing, flickering, flicking, flinching, fling, flinging, flipping, flirting, floating, flog, flogging, flooding, flopping, flossing, floundering, flowering, flowing, fluffing, flung, flunking, fluttering, flying, foaming, focusing, focussing, fog, foisting, folding, following, fondling, fooling, footing, foraging, forbidding, forcing, forgetting, forging, forgiving, forming, formulating, fornicating, forsaking, forthcoming, forwarding, founding, framing, fraternizing, freaking, freckling, freeing, freelancing, freeloading, freezing, freshening, fretting, frigging, frightening, frog, fronting, frosting, frustrating, frying, fucking, fudging, fueling, fulfilling, fumbling, fumigating, functioning, funding, fundraising, furlong, furthering, fussing, fabling, fabricating, facepalming, faceting, facetting, facilitating, facsimileing, factorizing, fadging, fagging, faggoting, fagoting, fairing, faithing, fallowing, falsifying, faltering, familiarising, familiarizing, faming, famishing, fanaticizing, fancifying, fancying, fanfolding, fantasising, fantasticating, fantasying, faradising, faradizing, farcing, farding, farewelling, faring, farming, farrowing, farseeing, farting, fashing, fashioning, fastening, fathoming, fatiguing, fating, fatling, fatting, faubourg, faultfinding, faulting, favoring, favouring, faxing, faying, fazing, feasing, featherbedding, featheredging, featherstitching, feazing, fecundating, federalizing, federating, feedbag, feeing, feezing, feigning, feinting, felicitating, fellating, fellmongering, fellowing, fellowshiping, fellowshipping, felting, feminising, feminizing, fenagling, feoffing, fermenting, ferreling, ferrelling, ferreting, ferruling, ferrying, fertilizing, feruling, fessing, festinating, festooning, fetching, feting, fettering, fetting, fettling, feudalizing, feuding, feuing, fevering, fianchettoing, fiberglassing, fiberizing, fibrillating, fictionalising, fictionalizing, fictioneering … and 295 more

All words that fit FG
Round 3LOT67 words fit

starts with L and ends with T, with O in between, in that order.

lamppost, layout, lobbyist, locket, locust, loft, loneliest, longest, lookout, loot, lost, lot, loudest, lout, loveliest, lowest, labyrinthodont, lakefront, lakeport, laparoscopist, layabout, leadwort, leftmost, lepidopterist, lepidopterologist, leucoplast, lexicologist, liberationist, lichenologist, lifeboat, limnologist, linocut, lirot, liturgiologist, liverwort, loamiest, localist, locknut, lockout, lodgement, lodgment, loftiest, loggiest, logiest, logout, lolcat, loment, longboat, looniest, loopiest, loosest, loppiest, loquat, lordliest, lorikeet, loudliest, lousewort, lousiest, lovat, lowermost, lowliest, lowlight, loyalest, loyalist, lumpenproletariat, lungwort, lymphoblast

All words that fit LOT
Round 4BOT170 words fit

starts with B and ends with T, with O in between, in that order.

ballot, ballpoint, barefoot, baronet, bayonet, benevolent, bigfoot, bigot, biochemist, blackout, bloodshot, blot, blowout, bluepoint, boast, boat, bobcat, bolt, bonnet, booklet, boost, boot, bot, bought, bouquet, bout, boycott, breakout, broadcast, brought, browbeat, brownout, buckshot, burnout, buyout, byproduct, backcourt, backdropt, backmost, backout, bacteriologist, bacteriostat, bailout, ballonet, balloonist, bamboozlement, bandicoot, banjoist, bareboat, bassoonist, battlefront, beachfront, bedpost, beetroot, begot, behaviorist, beknot, bellwort, bergamot, beshout, besot, besought, bethought, bevomit, bhoot, bibelot, bibliopegist, bibliopolist, bibliotist, bicomponent, billowiest, bioethicist, biologist, bioluminescent, biont, biophysicist, bioscientist, biosystematist, biotechnologist, bipropellant, birdshot, birthroot, birthwort, bistort, bitterroot, bladderwort, blastocyst, blepharoplast, bloat, blockiest, blondest, bloodguilt, bloodiest, bloodroot, bloodthirstiest, bloomiest, blotchiest, blottiest, blousiest, blowiest, blowsiest, blowziest, bluebonnet, bluecoat, boart, bobbinet, bodement, bodysuit, boggiest, boilersuit, boldest, bombardment, bombast, bombsight, boneset, bongoist, boniest, bonniest, bookrest, boomiest, boomlet, booziest, borscht, borsht, bort, bosket, boskiest, bosquet, bossiest, botanist, botchiest, botnet, bott, bottommost, bouffant, boughpot, bouleversement, bounciest, bowfront, bowknot, bowpot, bowshot, bowsprit, boxiest, breakfront, breechclout, broadest, broadsheet, brocket, bronchoscopist, bronziest, broodiest, brooklet, broomiest, brownest, browniest, brownshirt, brulot, bryologist, bullpout, bullshot, bumbershoot, bumboat, buoyant, burbot, burgonet, burgout, bushgoat, butterwort, buxomest

All words that fit BOT
Round 5MGS580 words fit

starts with M and ends with S, with G in between, in that order.

magazines, maggots, magicians, magnets, mags, makings, managers, manages, mangoes, mangos, margaritas, margins, markings, marriages, massages, meaningless, meanings, meetings, meningitis, mergers, messages, messengers, midgets, miggs, milligrams, misgivings, moldings, moneybags, monogamous, morgues, mornings, mortgages, muggers, muggings, mugs, mustangs, macroaggregates, macrogametes, macroglobulinemias, macroglobulins, macrophages, macrophotographies, macrophotographs, madrigalists, madrigals, magazinists, magdalenes, magdalens, magentas, mages, magians, magics, magilps, magisteriums, magisters, magistracies, magistrates, magistratures, maglevs, magmas, magnanimities, magnanimous, magnanimousness, magnanimousnesses, magnates, magnesias, magnesites, magnesiums, magnetics, magnetises, magnetisms, magnetites, magnetizations, magnetizers, magnetizes, magnetofluiddynamics, magnetographs, magnetohydrodynamics, magnetometers, magnetometries, magnetons, magnetopauses, magnetoresistances, magnetos, magnetospheres, magnetostrictions, magnetrons, magnifications, magnificats, magnificences, magnificoes, magnificos, magnifiers, magnifies, magniloquences, magnitudes, magnolias, magnums, magots, magpies, magueys, magus, mahjonggs, mahjongs, mahoganies, mahuangs, mailbags, mailings, mainsprings, majaguas, makeweights, malacologies, malacologists, malaguenas, malangas, malariologies, malariologists, malignances, malignancies, maligners, malignities, maligns, malingerers, malingers, mamaligas, mammalogies, mammalogists, mammograms, mammographies, manageabilities, manageableness, manageablenesses, managements, manageress, manageresses, managerships, mandragoras, maneges, mangabeys, mangabies, manganates, manganeses, manganites, manganous, mangels, mangers, manges, manginess, manginesses, manglers, mangles, mangolds, mangonels, mangosteens, mangroves, manslaughters, mantlings, manufacturings, mapmakings, mappings, maquillages, marathonings, marblings, margarines, margarins, margarites, margays, margents, marges, marginalities, marginalizations, marginalizes, marginates, marginations, margravates, margraves, margraviates, margravines, marguerites, marigolds, marketings, marlings, marriageabilities, martagons, martingales, martyrologies, martyrologists, maskegs, maskings, massagers, massasaugas, mastersingers, mastigophorans, matchmakings, matings, mattings, mayings, meagerness, meagernesses, mealybugs, meaningfulness, meaningfulnesses, meaninglessness, meaninglessnesses, meatpackings, meetinghouses, megabars, megabits, megabucks, megabytes, megachurches, megacities, megacorporations, megacycles, megadeals, megadeaths, megadoses, megadynes, megafaunas, megagametes, megagametophytes, megahits, megakaryocytes, megaliths, megaloblasts, megalomaniacs, megalomanias, megalopolis, megalopolises, megalopolitans, megalops, megalopses, megaparsecs, megaphones, megapixels, megapodes, megapods, megaprojects, megaspores, megasporogeneses … and 340 more

All words that fit MGS
Round 6CUPA10 words fit

starts with C and ends with A, with U then P in between, in that order.

claustrophobia, cornucopia, culpa, cuppa, chutzpa, computerphobia, counterplea, counterpropaganda, cupola, cupula

All words that fit CUPA
Round 7JUAS44 words fit

starts with J and ends with S, with U then A in between, in that order.

jaguars, journalists, journals, judas, jacquards, jaculates, jaguarondis, jaguarundis, jocularities, jouals, journaleses, journalisms, journalizers, journalizes, jubas, jubbahs, jubhahs, jubilances, jubilarians, jubilates, jubilations, judases, judicatories, judicatures, judiciaries, judokas, juggernauts, jugheads, jugulars, jugulates, juiceheads, jumbals, juniorates, junkyards, juntas, jurants, jurats, justiciabilities, justiciars, justifiabilities, justifications, juvenals, juxtaposes, juxtapositions

All words that fit JUAS
Round 8ENVE24 words fit

starts with E and ends with E, with N then V in between, in that order.

endive, enslave, envelope, expensive, extensive, eigenvalue, electroconvulsive, electronegative, eliminative, emanative, enactive, enclave, enervate, engrave, enumerative, enviable, envisage, ergonovine, evincive, excommunicative, exonerative, expansive, explanative, extinctive

All words that fit ENVE
Round 9ELATE52 words fit

starts with E and ends with E, with L then A then T in between, in that order.

ejaculate, elaborate, electorate, elevate, eliminate, evaluate, exfoliate, edulcorate, eglantine, eglatere, elaborative, elastase, elate, elaterite, elative, electronegative, electroplate, elephantine, eliminative, elongate, eluate, elucidate, elucidative, elucubrate, elutriate, eluviate, emasculate, emblematize, emulate, emulative, encapsulate, endplate, entablature, enucleate, equilibrate, escalate, ethylate, ethylenediaminetetraacetate, etiolate, evaluative, exculpate, exfoliative, exhilarate, exhilarative, explanative, explicate, explicative, exploitative, explorative, expostulate, extrapolate, extrapolative

All words that fit ELATE
Round 10CONTT77 words fit

starts with C and ends with T, with O then N then T in between, in that order.

consistent, constant, construct, consultant, contact, containment, contempt, content, contentment, contest, contestant, context, continent, contortionist, contract, contradict, contrast, counterfeit, counterpart, colonizationist, conceptualist, concomitant, concretist, confrontationist, congregationalist, conservationist, constituent, constitutionalist, constraint, constrict, constringent, constructionist, constructivist, containerport, contaminant, contingent, continuant, contort, contrabandist, contrabassist, contrapuntist, controlment, controversialist, controvert, conventionalist, conversationalist, cornetist, cornettist, counteract, counteragent, counterargument, counterassault, counterblast, countercomplaint, counterculturist, countercurrent, counterdeployment, countereffort, countergovernment, counterinsurgent, counterirritant, countermovement, counterpicket, counterplot, counterpoint, counterproject, counterprotest, countershot, counterstatement, counterstrategist, countersuit, counterterrorist, counterthreat, counterthrust, counterweight, countryseat, cytogeneticist

All words that fit CONTT

Questions

What were the answers to Wordspine #59?
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.