Wordspine #7
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Answers for puzzle #7. 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 BD. A word like baa looks close but doesn't count — it starts with B but ends with A, not D. Order is the whole game.
Pro — four levels
starts with B and ends with D.
backed, backfired, background, backhand, backward, backyard, bad, badgered, baffled, bagged, bailed, baited, baked, balanced, bald, balled, bamboozled, band, banged, banished, bankrolled, bankrupted, banned, baptized, barbecued, barbed, bard, bared, barfed, bargained … and 949 more
All words that fit BDScoring on this level: BAD = 5 points, BACKGROUND = 12 points.
starts with T and ends with T, with O in between, in that order.
takeout, tarot, teapot, teleport, terrorist, thermostat, thought, throat, throughout, thunderbolt, toast, toilet, tolerant, tomcat, tonight, toot, torment, torrent, toughest, tourist, tournament, transport, trot, trout, tryout, turncoat, turnout, taboret, tabouret, tailcoat … and 101 more
All words that fit TOTScoring on this level: TOOT = 8 points, THUNDERBOLT = 15 points.
starts with R and ends with D, with B then E in between, in that order.
rehabilitated, reimbursed, remembered, ribbed, robbed, rubbed, rabbeted, rabbited, rabbled, radiolabeled, radiolabelled, rambled, rattlebrained, rawboned, reabsorbed, reassembled, reattributed, rebaited, rebalanced, rebaptized, rebated, rebelled, rebilled, reblend, reblended, rebloomed, reboarded, rebodied, reboiled, rebooked … and 64 more
All words that fit RBEDScoring on this level: RIBBED = 12 points, REHABILITATED = 19 points.
starts with E and ends with G, with V then E then N in between, in that order.
eavesdropping, evening, everlasting, everything, effervescing, enfevering, enlivening, enveloping, envenoming, evanescing, evangelizing, evensong, eventuating, everblooming, everduring, everting, evidencing, eviscerating
All words that fit EVENGScoring on this level: EVENING = 15 points, EAVESDROPPING = 21 points.
Ranks on this day
- Beginner0
- Good Start25
- Moving Up56
- Good93
- Solid155
- Nice236
- Great323
- Genius434
- Perfect620
Sprint — ten rounds
Sprint can't be replayed, so this is the record of the day.
starts with I and ends with Y.
icky, icy, ideally, identify, identity, ideology, idiocy, idly, iffy, illegally, imagery, imaginary, immaturity, immediately, immensely, immortality, immunity, implicitly, imply, importantly, impossibility, impossibly, improperly, impropriety, impulsively, impunity, inability, inadequacy, inadvertently, incendiary, incessantly, incidentally, incorrectly, increasingly, incredibly, indefinitely, indirectly, individuality, individually, industry, inevitability, inevitably, infamy, infantry, inferiority, infidelity, infinitely, infinity, infirmary, inflammatory, inherently, initially, injury, innocently, inquiry, insanely, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instantly, instinctively, integrity, intellectually, intelligently, intensely, intensity, intentionally, intently, intermediary, internally, interplanetary, intimacy, intimately, intravenously, introductory, inventory, invisibility, ironically, irony, irrationally, irrevocably, itchy, itinerary, ivory, ivy, iatrogenically, ichthyologically, ichthyology, icily, ickily, iconically, iconicity, iconoclastically, iconographically, iconography, iconolatry, iconology, idealistically, ideality, idealogy, ideationally, identically, identifiably, ideographically, ideography, ideologically, idiomatically, idiopathically, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratically, idiotically, idolatrously, idolatry, idoneity, idyllically, ignify, ignitability, ignobility, ignobly, ignominiously, ignominy, ignorantly, illatively, illaudably, illegality, illegibility, illegibly, illegitimacy, illegitimately, illiberality, illiberally, illicitly, illimitability, illimitably, illiquidity, illiteracy, illiterately, illocutionary, illogicality, illogically, illuminatingly, illusionary, illusionistically, illusively, illusorily, illusory, illustratively, illustriously, illy, imaginably, imaginarily, imaginatively, imagistically, imbecility, imbody, imitatively, immaculacy, immaculately, immanency, immanently, immateriality, immaturely, immeasurably, immediacy, immedicably, immemorially, immensity, immethodically, imminency, imminently, immiscibility, immitigably, immobility, immoderacy, immoderately, immodestly, immodesty, immorality, immorally, immortally, immovability, immovably, immunoassay, immunochemically, immunochemistry, immunocytochemically, immunocytochemistry, immunodeficiency, immunoelectrophoretically, immunogenetically, immunogenicity, immunohematology, immunohistochemistry, immunologically, immunology, immunomodulatory, immunopathology, immunoreactivity, immunoregulatory, immunotherapy, immutability, immutably, immy, impalpability, impalpably, imparity, impartiality, impartially, impartibly, impassability, impassably, impassibility, impassibly, impassively, impassivity, impatiently, impeccability, impeccably, impecuniosity, impecuniously, impenetrability, impenetrably, impenitently, imperatively, imperceptibly, imperfectly, imperialistically, imperially, imperiously, imperishability, imperishably, impermanency, impermanently, impermeability, impermissibility, impermissibly, impersonality, impersonally, impertinency, impertinently … and 706 more
All words that fit IYstarts with R and ends with G.
racing, racketeering, racking, radiating, rafting, rag, ragging, raging, raiding, railing, railroading, raining, raising, rallying, rambling, rang, 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, rig, 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, rug, ruining, ruling, rumbling, rummaging, rung, running, rushing, rutting, rabbeting, rabbiting, rabbling, racemizing, racewalking, racketing, radding, raddling, radicalising, radicalizing, radicating, radiographing, radioing, radiolabeling, radiolabelling, raffling, ragbag, ragouting, ragtag, 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, ratbag, ratcheting, ratifying, ratiocinating, rationalising, rationing, ratooning, rattening … and 1019 more
All words that fit RGstarts with S and ends with E, with I in between, in that order.
saccharine, sacrifice, sacrilege, saline, sapphire, sardine, satellite, satire, science, scottie, scribble, scripture, secretive, sedative, seductive, seize, seizure, selective, selfie, senile, sensible, sensitive, service, servitude, shine, shingle, shipshape, shoreline, shrine, shrinkage, side, sideline, sidle, siege, signature, significance, signore, silence, silicone, silverware, simple, simulate, since, sincere, sine, singe, single, sire, siree, sirree, site, sixpence, sizable, size, sizeable, sizzle, slice, slide, slime, smile, smite, smoothie, snakebite, snide, snipe, snowmobile, sociable, socialite, socialize, soiree, solitaire, solitude, sometime, specialise, specialize, speculative, spice, spike, spine, spite, spitfire, springtime, sprinkle, sprite, squiggle, squire, stabilize, staircase, stateside, statewide, sterile, sterilize, stifle, stipulate, stockpile, stoolie, strategize, stride, strife, strike, stripe, striptease, strive, strychnine, subcommittee, subjective, sublime, submarine, submersible, submissive, subordinate, subsidize, substantiate, substantive, substitute, subtitle, subversive, suffice, suggestive, suicide, suitable, suitcase, suite, summarize, summertime, sunrise, sunshine, supervise, suppertime, supportive, surprise, surveillance, survive, susceptible, sweetie, swine, swipe, switchblade, swizzle, symbiote, symbolize, sympathize, synchronize, syndicate, synthesize, syringe, sabine, sacahuiste, saccharide, sacklike, saclike, safranine, sagittate, saice, sailable, sailplane, saintlike, saithe, salamandrine, salicine, salicylate, salience, salinize, salivate, saltie, saltine, saltire, saltlike, samarskite, samite, samphire, sanative, sanctionable, sandlike, sandpile, sanguine, sanicle, sanitate, sanitise, sanitize, sapience, saponifiable, saponine, saponite, sapphirine, saprolite, satiable, satiate, satirise, satirizable, satirize, satisfiable, saturnine, saucerlike, sautoire, savine, sawlike, saxatile, saxifrage, scablike, scalelike, scaloppine, scandalise, scandalize, scapolite, scariose, scheelite, schematize, schipperke, schismatize, schistose, schistosome, schizophrene, schliere, scholasticate, schooltime, schottische, scientize, scintillae, scintillate, scissile, scissure, sciurine, sclerite, scolecite, scopolamine, scoriae, scrapie, screwlike, scribe, scrieve, scrimmage, scrive, scrutinise, scrutinize, scumlike, scurrile, scyphistomae, seallike, seamanlike … and 609 more
All words that fit SIEstarts with P and ends with G, with I in between, in that order.
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, 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, plugging, plumbing, plummeting, plunging, poaching, pointing, poisoning, poking, policing, polishing, polling, polluting, 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, promising, promoting, prompting, proofing, proposing, propositioning, propping, prosecuting, protecting, protesting, protruding, providing, proving, provoking, pruning, prying, publishing, pudding, puffing, puking, pulling, pulsating, pumping, punching, punishing, purchasing, purging, pursuing, pushing, putting, puzzling, pacemaking, pacesetting, pacifying, packaging, packeting, paddocking, padlocking, 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, panging, panhandling, panning, pantomiming, paperhanging, papering, papermaking, paradropping, paraffining, paragoning, paragraphing, paralleling, parallelling, paralysing, parameterizing, parametrizing, paraphrasing, parasitising, parasitizing, parawing, parboiling, parbuckling, parceling, parcelling, parching, pardoning, parenthesizing, parfocalizing, pargeting, pargetting, parging, paring, parlaying … and 672 more
All words that fit PIGstarts with F and ends with Y, with L in between, in that order.
fabulously, facility, faculty, fairly, fallacy, falsely, falsify, family, famously, fantastically, fashionably, fatality, fatherly, faulty, favorably, felicity, felony, fertility, fidelity, figuratively, filly, filthy, finality, finally, financially, firmly, firstly, flaky, flashy, flattery, flawlessly, flay, fleshy, flexibility, flighty, flimsy, floozy, floppy, fluffy, flunky, flurry, fly, flyboy, folksy, folly, foolhardy, forcibly, foreplay, formality, formally, formerly, fortunately, frailty, frankly, frantically, freely, frequently, freshly, friendly, frightfully, fully, fundamentally, furiously, futility, facetely, facetiously, facially, facilely, facilitatory, factionally, factiously, factitiously, factitively, factuality, factually, facultatively, fadedly, failingly, faintheartedly, faintly, fairishly, faithfully, faithlessly, falconry, fallaciously, fallalery, fallaway, fallibility, fallibly, falsifiability, falsity, falteringly, familiarity, familiarly, fanatically, fancifully, fancily, fantasticality, farcicality, farcically, farkleberry, farsightedly, fascicularly, fascinatingly, fascistically, fashionability, fastidiously, fatalistically, fatally, fatefully, fatheadedly, fathomlessly, fatigability, fatiguingly, fatly, fattily, fatuously, faultily, faultlessly, faunally, faunistically, fawningly, fealty, fearfully, fearlessly, fearsomely, feasibility, feasibly, featly, fecklessly, feckly, federally, federatively, feeblemindedly, feebly, feelingly, felicitously, felinely, felinity, fellmongery, fellowly, felly, feloniously, felonry, femininely, ferly, ferociously, ferrimagnetically, ferroelectricity, fertilely, fervently, fervidly, festally, festinately, festively, fetchingly, fetidly, fetishistically, fetology, feudality, feudally, feverishly, feyly, fickly, fictionality, fictionally, fictitiously, fictively, fiddly, fiducially, fiendishly, fiercely, fierily, fifthly, filamentary, filially, filmically, filmily, filmography, filmy, filterability, filthily, finely, finically, finitely, fireclay, firefly, fiscally, fishability, fishily, fissility, fissionability, fitfully, fitly, fittingly, fixedly, flabbergastingly, flabbily, flabby, flaccidity, flaccidly, flackery, flaggingly, flaggy, flagitiously, flagrancy, flagrantly, flakey, flakily, flamboyancy, flamboyantly, flamingly, flammability, flamy, flannelly, flappy, flaringly, flashily, flatly, flatteringly, flatulency, flatulently, flauntingly, flaunty, flavorfully, flavory, flavoury, flawy, flaxy, flecky, fledgy, fleecily, fleecy, fleeringly, fleetingly, fleetly, fleshly, fleury, flexibly, flexographically … and 176 more
All words that fit FLYstarts with L and ends with D, with E then N in between, in that order.
leaned, learned, legend, lend, licensed, lightened, listened, loosened, ladened, lagend, lamebrained, lamented, latened, lavendered, leavened, lengthened, lensed, lentoid, lesioned, lessened, lessoned, levanted, licenced, lichened, likened, lippened, livened, loudened, luteinized, lysogenised, lysogenized
All words that fit LENDstarts with L and ends with Y, with O then O in between, in that order.
laboratory, lobotomy, looney, loony, loosely, laboriously, lampoonery, languorously, laparoscopy, laparotomy, laryngology, laryngoscopy, lepidopterology, leukodystrophy, leukotomy, levorotary, levorotatory, lexicology, lichenology, limnology, lithologically, lithology, lithotomy, liturgiology, loathsomely, lobectomy, loblolly, locationally, locomotory, locutory, lognormality, lognormally, logographically, logomachy, logotypy, lonesomely, longsomely, looby, looey, loopy, loquaciously, lowboy
All words that fit LOOYstarts with E and ends with D, with E then R in between, in that order.
eavesdropped, electrified, electrocuted, embittered, embroidered, emerald, emerged, empowered, encountered, endangered, energized, engineered, entered, entertained, eviscerated, exaggerated, exasperated, exonerated, experienced, experimented, exterminated, effervesced, elaterid, electioneered, electrodeposited, electroed, electroformed, electrolyzed, electrophoresed, electroplated, electrotyped, embordered, embowered, emerod, emeroid, emersed, enciphered, encumbered, endeared, endeavored, endeavoured, energid, energised, enervated, enfettered, enfevered, engendered, enregistered, enserfed, ensphered, enumerated, ephemerid, epidermoid, espaliered, esterified, eternalized, eternised, eternized, etherealized, etherified, etherized, eurypterid, everted, exacerbated, excerpted, execrated, exenterated, exercised, exerted, expectorated, experted, expertized, exserted, extemporised, extemporized, exteriorised, exteriorized, extermined, externalised, externalized, extraverted, extroverted, exuberated
All words that fit EERDstarts with C and ends with G, with I then I then N in between, in that order.
campaigning, captioning, captivating, ceiling, characterizing, chickening, chilling, chipping, chirping, chiseling, christening, circling, citing, claiming, clarifying, clicking, climbing, clinging, clipping, committing, communicating, compiling, complaining, complicating, compromising, conceiving, conditioning, confiding, confining, confirming, confiscating, conflicting, conniving, considering, conspiring, containing, contaminating, continuing, contradicting, contributing, convincing, coordinating, counterfeiting, criticizing, cruising, culminating, cultivating, cabinetmaking, cabining, cachinnating, calamining, calcifying, calcimining, calcining, calibrating, calipering, callipering, calorizing, calumniating, canalising, canalizing, cannibalising, cannibalizing, canonising, canonizing, cantilevering, cantillating, capacitating, caparisoning, capitalising, capitalizing, capitulating, caponizing, caprioling, capsizing, capsulizing, captaining, caramelising, caramelizing, carbonizing, carburising, carburizing, caregiving, caricaturing, carillonning, carnifying, cartelising, cartelizing, cashiering, castigating, catabolizing, catechizing, categorising, categorizing, catfishing, catheterizing, catholicizing, cauterizing, cautioning, cavaliering, caviling, cavilling, cavitating, centralising, centralizing, centrifuging, certificating, certifying, chagrining, chagrinning, chaining, chainsawing, chairing, chairmaning, chairmanning, chamoising, championing, channelizing, charbroiling, charioting, chastising, chemisorbing, cherishing, chicaning, chiding, childbearing, childing, childproofing, chiming, chining, chinking, chinning, chippering, chirking, chirming, chirring, chirruping, chiselling, chitchatting, chitling, chittering, chivareeing, chivariing, chivvying, chivying, chlorinating, choiring, chromizing, chromolithographing, chronicling, cicatrizing, cinching, cincturing, cindering, cinematizing, ciphering, circuiting, circularising, circularizing, circulating, circumambulating, circumcising, circumfusing, circumnavigating, circumscribing, circumstantiating, circumvallating, circumventing, citifying, civilianizing, civilising, civilizing, clarioning, classicizing, classifying, climaxing, clinching, clinkering, clinking, cliquing, cloistering, clotheslining, coadmiring, coadmitting, coalifying, coassisting, cocainizing, cocaptaining, cochairing, cockbilling, cockfighting, cocktailing, cocultivating, coderiving, codesigning, codifying, codirecting, codiscovering, codriving, coediting, coexisting, coffining, cofinancing, cogitating, cognising, cognizing, cohabiting, coiffing, coiffuring, coifing, coigning, coiling, coinciding, coinferring, coinhering, coining, coinsuring, cointerring, coinventing, cojoining, collateralizing, collectivising, collectivizing, colliding, colligating, collimating, colonializing, colonising, colonizing, colorizing, combining, comingling, commercialising, commercializing, commingling, comminuting, commiserating, commissioning, commixing, commodifying … and 119 more
All words that fit CIINGstarts with S and ends with D, with S then H then E in between, in that order.
shortsighted, slashed, sloshed, smashed, squashed, squished, stashed, sashayed, sashed, scrimshawed, semifinished, sheepshead, shellshocked, shushed, skirmished, slushed, snapshotted, snowshed, snowshoed, spearfished, splashed, sploshed, squooshed, squushed, stablished, stonewashed, stonished, supersophisticated, swashbuckled, swashed, swished, swooshed
All words that fit SSHEDQuestions
- What were the answers to Wordspine #7?
- 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.