Wordspine #8
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Answers for puzzle #8. 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 DE. A word like dab looks close but doesn't count — it starts with D but ends with B, not E. Order is the whole game.
Pro — four levels
starts with D and ends with E.
dabble, dale, dalliance, damage, dame, damnable, dance, dangle, daphne, dare, database, date, dateline, daytime, daze, dazzle, deadline, dearie, debacle, debatable, debate, debutante, decade, decadence, decapitate, deceive, deceptive, decide, decisive, declare … and 997 more
All words that fit DEScoring on this level: DALE = 6 points, DECAPITATE = 12 points.
starts with S and ends with D, with L in between, in that order.
saddled, sailed, salad, salted, saluted, salvaged, sampled, sandalwood, scald, scaled, scalped, scheduled, schooled, scolded, scrambled, scribbled, scuttled, sealed, secluded, selected, settled, shackled, shelled, sheltered, shield, shielded, should, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled … and 525 more
All words that fit SLDScoring on this level: SALAD = 9 points, SANDALWOOD = 14 points.
starts with S and ends with T, with I then S in between, in that order.
sadist, scariest, scientist, sexiest, sexist, sickest, silliest, simplest, sincerest, slightest, slingshot, specialist, spoilsport, strategist, stupidest, stylist, swimsuit, sacerdotalist, sacramentalist, sacrist, sadomasochist, saggiest, sagiest, saintliest, saltiest, salvationist, sandiest, sapphist, sappiest, sarkiest … and 355 more
All words that fit SISTScoring on this level: SADIST = 12 points, SACRAMENTALIST = 20 points.
starts with P and ends with G, with U then I then N in between, in that order.
parachuting, perpetuating, persecuting, picturing, plaguing, pleasuring, plucking, plugging, plumbing, plummeting, plunging, polluting, pounding, pouring, pouting, pressuring, presuming, producing, prosecuting, protruding, pruning, publishing, pudding, puffing, puking, pulling, pulsating, pumping, punching, punishing … and 129 more
All words that fit PUINGScoring on this level: PUKING = 14 points, PERPETUATING = 20 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 C and ends with N.
cabin, cain, calculation, cameraman, campaign, can, cancellation, cannon, canteen, canton, canyon, captain, carbon, cardigan, carlin, carmen, carton, cartoon, cauldron, caution, caveman, cavern, cayman, celebration, certain, certification, cerulean, cessation, chain, chairman, chamberlain, chameleon, champion, chaperon, chaplain, chapman, charlatan, cheapen, chevron, chicken, chiffon, children, chin, chosen, christen, churn, cinnamon, circulation, circumcision, citation, citizen, civilian, civilisation, civilization, clan, clarification, classification, clean, clergyman, cloven, clown, coalition, cocoon, coercion, coffin, cohesion, coin, colin, collaboration, collagen, collection, colleen, collision, colon, colonization, column, combination, combustion, comedian, commendation, commission, common, commotion, communication, communion, companion, comparison, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, complain, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, con, concentration, conception, concern, concession, conclusion, concoction, concussion, condemn, condemnation, condensation, condition, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confrontation, confusion, congestion, congregation, congressman, congresswoman, conjunction, conn, connection, conniption, conservation, consideration, consolation, constellation, constipation, constitution, construction, consultation, consumption, contain, contamination, contention, continuation, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contusion, convention, conversation, conversion, conviction, coon, cooperation, cordon, corn, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, cosign, cosmopolitan, cotillion, cotton, countdown, countrymen, coupon, cousin, coven, craftsmen, creation, cremation, crewman, crimson, criterion, croon, crown, crucifixion, culmination, cumin, curmudgeon, curran, curtain, cushion, custodian, cyclotron, cabezon, cabman, cabmen, cabochon, cachinnation, cacodemon, caducean, caecilian, caesarean, caesarian, caffein, caftan, caiman, cairn, caisson, cajon, calamondin, calcification, calcination, calcitonin, caldron, calfskin, calibration, calkin, callan, callipygian, callithumpian, calmodulin, calumniation, calutron, calypsonian, cameramen, cameraperson, camerawoman, camerawomen, camion, campion, canakin, canalization, cancan, cancelation, candlepin, canikin, cannabin, cannelon, cannibalization, cannikin, canon, canonization, cantharidin, canthaxanthin, cantillation, capacitation, caparison, capelan, capelin, capeskin … and 571 more
All words that fit CNstarts with F and ends with E.
fable, fabricate, face, facilitate, fade, failure, fake, fallible, false, fame, familiarize, famine, fanfare, fantasize, farce, fare, farmhouse, fascinate, fate, fatigue, fave, favorable, favorite, fearsome, feasible, feature, fee, feeble, feline, female, feminine, femme, fence, fertile, fertilize, festive, fiance, fiancee, fibre, fickle, fiddle, fieldstone, fierce, fife, figurative, figure, file, finagle, finale, finalize, finance, fine, finesse, fire, firehouse, fireplace, five, fixable, fixture, fizzle, flake, flame, flammable, flare, flatulence, flatware, flee, fleece, flexible, floe, florence, flue, fluke, flute, foe, foliage, folklore, follicle, fondle, fondue, footage, footnote, forage, forbade, force, fore, foreclosure, foregone, foresee, foreseeable, forgave, forge, forgettable, forgive, formaldehyde, formidable, formulate, forsake, forte, fortitude, fortunate, fortune, fosse, foursome, foxhole, fracture, fragile, fragrance, frame, franchise, freckle, free, freebie, freelance, freeze, fridge, frigate, fringe, frostbite, froze, fruitcake, fudge, fugitive, fugue, fumble, furnace, furniture, furthermore, furtive, fuse, futile, future, facade, faceable, faceplate, facete, facetiae, facile, facilitative, facsimile, factitive, factorable, factorage, factorize, factorylike, facture, faculae, facultative, fadable, fadge, faerie, faience, faille, fairylike, falcate, falconine, falsie, falsifiable, familiarise, fanaticize, fane, fanfaronade, fanglike, fanlike, fantasie, fantasise, fantasticate, fanwise, fanzine, faradise, faradize, farandole, farcie, farinose, farle, farmable, farmerette, farmwife, farouche, farside, farthingale, fasciae, fasciate, fascicle, fasciculate, fascicule, fascine, fashionable, fastigiate, fatherlike, fathomable, fatigable, fatlike, faunae, faunlike, fauve, fawnlike, fayalite, faze, feasance, fease, featheredge, featurette, feaze, febrifuge, febrile, feculae, feculence, fecundate, fedayee, federalese, federalize, federate, federative, feedable, feedhole, feeze, feirie, felicitate, fellable, fellate, felloe, felsite, felstone, feltlike, feme, feminie, feminise, feminize, fenagle, fencible, fenestrae, fenestrate, feoffee, fere, feriae, ferine, ferlie, fermate, fermentable … and 391 more
All words that fit FEstarts with D and ends with S, with R in between, in that order.
dancers, dangerous, dangers, dares, darkness, darks, darlings, darts, daughters, dealers, dears, debris, decompress, decorations, decorators, degrees, deliberations, delirious, deliveries, delivers, demerits, democrats, demographics, demonstrates, demonstrations, demonstrators, denominators, dentures, departments, depress, depressors, derives, derris, describes, deserts, deserves, designers, desires, desserts, destroyers, destroys, destructs, detectors, determines, detonators, detours, devours, dewars, diapers, diaphragms, diaries, diatribes, dictators, dictatorships, differences, differs, diggers, dignitaries, digress, diners, dinners, dinosaurs, directions, directors, disagreements, disagrees, disappearances, disappears, disapproves, disasters, disastrous, discourteous, discoveries, discovers, discrepancies, disorders, dispensers, disruptions, disrupts, distortions, distractions, distress, distributors, districts, disturbances, diuretics, divers, diversions, divorces, doctors, documentaries, dodgers, dollars, donors, doorknobs, doors, dorms, downstairs, drafts, dragons, dragoons, drags, dramas, drapes, drawers, drawings, draws, dreamers, dreamless, dreams, dregs, dress, dresses, dressings, dribbles, dries, drinkers, drinks, drips, drivers, drives, driveways, drones, drools, droppings, drops, droves, drugs, drums, drumsticks, drunks, druthers, dryers, duress, dwarfs, dwarves, dwellers, dabbers, dabblers, dabsters, dackers, daggers, daguerreotypes, daguerreotypies, daguerreotypists, daikers, daiquiris, dairies, dairyings, dairymaids, dakerhens, dalliers, damagers, damars, dameworts, dammars, dammers, damners, dampeners, dampers, danders, dandlers, dandriffs, dandruffs, daneworts, dangerousness, dangerousnesses, danglers, danseurs, dapperness, dappernesses, darbies, darbs, daredevilries, daredevils, daredeviltries, darers, darics, daringness, daringnesses, darings, darioles, darkeners, darkens, darkeys, darkies, darkles, darknesses, darkrooms, darlingness, darlingnesses, darndests, darnels, darners, darnings, darns, darshans, dartboards, darters, dartles, dashboards, dashers, dastardliness, dastardlinesses, dastards, dasyures, dataries, daters, daturas, dauberies, daubers, daubries, daughterless, daunders, daunorubicins, daunters, davenports, dawdlers, daybreaks, daydreamers, daydreams, dayflowers, daymares, dayrooms, daystars, dayworks, dazzlers, deaconries, deactivators, deadeners, deadpanners, deaerates, deaerations, deaerators, deairs, dealerships, deaneries, dearies, dearness, dearnesses … and 1561 more
All words that fit DRSstarts with I and ends with D, with U in between, in that order.
illustrated, imbued, impound, impounded, inbound, included, incurred, indentured, induced, indulged, infatuated, influenced, infused, injured, insinuated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, insured, interrupted, intrigued, introduced, intruded, inundated, issued, icebound, illiquid, illumed, illuminated, illumined, illuviated, imbrued, imbruted, immunised, immunized, immunocompromised, immunoprecipitated, immunosuppressed, immured, importuned, impugned, impulsed, imputed, inaugurated, inbounded, incorrupted, incrusted, incubated, inculcated, inculpated, incumbered, incurvated, incurved, incused, individualised, individualized, individuated, inducted, indued, indurated, industrialised, industrialized, inequivalved, infecund, infibulated, infuriated, ingulfed, ingurgitated, inhumed, innuendoed, inoculated, inosculated, inpoured, inputted, inquieted, inquired, insculped, insolubilized, insouled, institutionalised, institutionalized, instrumented, insufflated, intellectualized, intercommunicated, interdiffused, interfused, interinfluenced, interluded, intituled, intrusted, intubated, intuited, inturned, intussuscepted, inured, inurned, involuted, inwound, iracund, ironbound, irrupted
All words that fit IUDstarts with H and ends with D, with E in between, in that order.
hacked, hailed, haired, hallowed, hammered, handcuffed, handed, handheld, handicapped, handled, hanged, happened, harassed, hardened, hardwired, harmed, harnessed, hassled, hastened, hatched, hated, hatred, hauled, haunted, hayseed, head, headband, headboard, headed, healed, heaped, heard, hearted, heartland, heated, heaved, heckled, heed, heeled, heightened, held, helipad, hellhound, helped, hemorrhoid, herald, herd, herniated, hesitated, highlighted, hiked, hinted, hired, hissed, hitched, hoisted, holed, hollowed, homestead, honed, honored, hooded, hoodwinked, hooked, hoped, hopped, horned, horrified, hosed, hospitalized, hosted, hotbed, hothead, hotheaded, hounded, housed, household, huddled, huffed, hugged, humbled, humiliated, hummed, humored, humped, hunched, hundred, hunted, hurried, hushed, hydrated, hyped, hypnotized, habilitated, habited, habituated, hachured, hackled, hackneyed, haded, haed, haemoid, hafted, hagged, haggled, halberd, haled, halfhearted, hallmarked, halloaed, halloed, hallooed, hallucinated, haloed, halogenated, halted, haltered, halved, hamboned, hammed, hammerhead, hampered, handcrafted, handfasted, handpicked, handseled, handselled, hangared, hanked, hankered, hanseled, hanselled, hanted, happed, harangued, harbingered, harbored, harboured, hardfisted, hardhanded, hardhead, hardheaded, hardhearted, hardmouthed, harebrained, hared, harked, harkened, harmonised, harmonized, harped, harpooned, harried, harrowed, harrumphed, harshened, harumphed, harvested, hashed, hashhead, hashtagged, hasped, hasted, hatcheled, hatchelled, hatted, haunched, havened, havered, havocked, hawed, hawked, hawkeyed, hawkweed, hayed, hayfield, hazarded, hazed, headhunted, headland, headlined, headquartered, headstand, headwind, headword, hearkened, hearsed, heartened, heartwood, heathenized, heathland, heavenward, heavyhearted, hebdomad, hebetated, hebraized, hectographed, hectored, hedged, hedgehopped, heeded, heehawed, heezed, hefted, heiled, heired, heisted, helicoid, helicopted, helicoptered, helilifted, heliographed, helled, hellenized, helloed, helmed, helmeted, helved, hemagglutinated, hematoid, hemihydrated, hemmed, hemoid, hemolyzed, hemorrhaged, hempseed, hempweed, hemstitched, henceforward, hennaed, henpecked, hented, heparinized, hepatectomized, hepatized, heptad, heralded, herbed, herded, heroized … and 212 more
All words that fit HEDstarts with C and ends with L, with I then A in between, in that order.
cannibal, capital, cardinal, carnival, centennial, ceremonial, cervical, chemical, circumstantial, classical, clerical, clinical, coincidental, colonial, comical, commercial, confessional, confidential, congenial, congressional, constitutional, continental, controversial, conventional, conversational, cordial, correctional, cranial, criminal, critical, crucial, custodial, cynical, cacographical, cacuminal, cadential, calculational, calendrical, caliphal, cambial, canonical, cantorial, capsidal, cardiological, caricatural, carinal, carnassial, carpogonial, cartographical, casuistical, catachrestical, catamenial, catechetical, catechismal, categorical, celestial, censorial, centesimal, centrifugal, centripetal, cercarial, cerebrospinal, chancroidal, characterological, cheliceral, chemosurgical, chiasmal, chimerical, chiral, chirographical, chital, chlamydial, chorial, choroidal, chrismal, chronobiological, chronological, chronometrical, cicatricial, cinnamyl, circuital, circumferential, cisternal, citadel, citational, citral, citronellal, civilizational, cladodial, cliental, climatal, climatological, clinal, clinicopathological, clitoral, cloistral, clostridial, coaxial, cochineal, codicological, coeducational, cognitional, cognominal, cohomological, coital, coitional, collegial, collisional, collocational, colloidal, colloquial, colluvial, combinational, combinatorial, comitial, commissarial, commissural, committal, commonsensical, communicational, compensational, complexional, componential, compositional, compressional, computational, conceptional, concessional, conchoidal, condensational, condimental, conditional, conductorial, conferential, configurational, confirmational, conflictual, conformational, confrontational, confusional, congenital, congregational, conical, conidial, conjugational, conjunctional, conjunctival, connectional, connotational, connubial, conoidal, consequential, conservational, conservatorial, consistorial, consociational, conspirational, conspiratorial, constructional, consubstantial, continual, contractional, convectional, conversional, convivial, convocational, coprincipal, coresidential, correlational, corrival, cortical, corynebacterial, cosmical, cosmochemical, cosmogonical, cosmographical, cosmological, cotidal, countercommercial, countercyclical, countereducational, coxcombical, craniocerebral, craniofacial, craniosacral, credential, criminological, crissal, cryobiological, cryosurgical, cryptanalytical, cryptological, crystalloidal, cubical, cubital, cuboidal, curatorial, curial, cursorial, cuspidal, cybernetical, cyclical, cycloidal, cylindrical, cytochemical, cytogenetical, cytological
All words that fit CIALstarts with C and ends with E, with O then O in between, in that order.
caboose, chocolate, choose, coffeehouse, collaborate, collarbone, cologne, colonnade, comatose, comfortable, commode, commonplace, compassionate, composite, composure, compromise, concourse, condone, console, consolidate, cookie, cooperate, cooperative, coordinate, cornerstone, corporate, correspondence, corroborate, courthouse, coyote, crocodile, caboodle, calaboose, canoodle, carboxymethylcellulose, carpophore, carpospore, cartoonlike, cellobiose, centrosome, chifforobe, chlamydospore, chloralose, chlordiazepoxide, chlorobenzene, chlorofluoromethane, chloroprene, chloroquine, chlorothiazide, chlorpromazine, chlorpropamide, choanocyte, chondriosome, chophouse, chromatophore, chromomere, chromophobe, chromophore, chromosome, chromosphere, claustrophobe, clodpole, cloisonne, clotheshorse, coalhole, cobblestone, cocarboxylase, cockhorse, cocotte, codrove, coelomate, coelome, coenobite, coenocyte, coevolve, cofavorite, cognoscente, cognoscible, cohobate, coleoptile, coleorhizae, collaborative, collocate, collogue, collotype, colocate, colone, colonialize, colonise, colonize, colorable, colorize, colportage, commemorate, commemorative, commissionaire, commodore, commonage, commonsense, commonsensible, commove, comose, companionable, companionate, compone, compose, compote, compoundable, compradore, computerphobe, concessionaire, concoctive, concomitance, concordance, conditionable, condole, condolence, condonable, condottiere, conenose, conformable, conformance, conglobate, conglobe, conglomerate, conglomerative, congresspeople, conidiophore, connotative, connote, conominee, conscionable, conservatoire, consociate, consomme, consonance, constitutionalize, contemporize, contortive, contraoctave, contrapositive, controllable, controvertible, conventionalize, conversazione, conveyorise, conveyorize, convoke, convolute, convolve, cooee, cookable, cookhouse, cookstove, cookware, coolie, coombe, coontie, cooperage, coordinative, cootie, copestone, copingstone, copolymerize, coproduce, coprolite, cornpone, corollate, coronae, coronate, corotate, corporative, corresponsive, corroborative, corroboree, corrode, corrodible, corrosive, corticosterone, cortisone, corymbose, cosmopolite, counterblockade, counterclockwise, countercountermeasure, counterdemonstrate, counterespionage, counterforce, countermove, counteroffensive, counterpoise, counterpose, counterproductive, counterresponse, counterstroke, counterviolence, countinghouse, cowpoke, cowrote, creosote, crocidolite, crocoite, croquignole, cryoprobe, cryoprotective, cryoscope, ctenophore, customhouse, customshouse, cyanocobalamine, cyclohexanone, cyclophosphamide, cyclopropane, cyclosporine, cyclostome, cyproterone, cystoscope, cytochrome
All words that fit COOEstarts with D and ends with L, with R then A in between, in that order.
departmental, derail, detrimental, differential, disapproval, doornail, dorsal, dreadful, drywall, decemviral, decremental, decretal, decrial, deferential, deferral, deformational, defrayal, demersal, demiurgical, demographical, demonstrational, demurral, dendrochronological, dendrological, dentural, deprival, derivational, dermal, dermatological, dermatomal, determinantal, detrital, deuterocanonical, deverbal, dextral, diacritical, diagrammatical, diametral, diametrical, diarrheal, diastral, dicrotal, dictatorial, digressional, dihedral, dimercaprol, dioptral, diphtherial, dipteral, directional, directorial, discographical, discriminational, disenthral, disenthrall, disgraceful, dispersal, disproportional, disregardful, dissertational, distortional, distributional, diurnal, doctoral, doctrinal, dodecahedral, dorsiventral, dorsolateral, dorsoventral, drail, dramaturgical, drawerful, drawl, dreamful, dropsical, druidical, dural
All words that fit DRALstarts with I and ends with G, with S then I then N in between, in that order.
impersonating, imposing, impressing, improvising, increasing, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, inspiring, installing, instructing, insulting, insuring, interesting, investigating, investing, issuing, idealising, idolising, illustrating, imbosoming, immersing, immeshing, immortalising, immunising, immunosuppressing, imparadising, impassioning, impasting, impersonalizing, imposting, impoverishing, imprisoning, impulsing, incandescing, incasing, incensing, incising, inclasping, inclosing, incorpsing, incrossing, incrusting, incusing, indiscriminating, indisposing, individualising, indorsing, industrialising, industrializing, infesting, infusing, ingesting, inmeshing, innerspring, inosculating, inscribing, inscrolling, insculping, inseminating, inserting, insetting, insheathing, inshrining, insnaring, insolating, insolubilizing, insouling, inspanning, insphering, inspiriting, inspissating, instancing, instantiating, instarring, instating, instigating, instilling, instituting, institutionalising, institutionalizing, instrumenting, insufflating, insulating, inswathing, intensifying, intercrossing, interdiffusing, interfusing, interiorising, intermeshing, internalising, internationalising, interposing, intersecting, interspacing, interspersing, interstratifying, intertwisting, introspecting, intrusting, intussuscepting, intwisting, iodising, ionising, irising, islanding, isling, isografting, isolating, isomerizing, italianising, italicising, itemising
All words that fit ISINGstarts with S and ends with D, with A then P then E in between, in that order.
sampled, scalped, scampered, scraped, scrapped, shaped, sharpened, slapped, snapped, stamped, stapled, strapped, swamped, swapped, sailplaned, sandpapered, saphead, sapheaded, saponified, sapped, scalloped, scamped, scaped, scapegoated, scarped, scarpered, scarphed, semaphored, shampooed, sharecropped, sharped, snapshotted, snapweed, sneaped, snowcapped, soaped, sparkplugged, stampeded, stereographed, subsampled, synapsed
All words that fit SAPEDQuestions
- What were the answers to Wordspine #8?
- 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.