Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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• addition8

  addition

  noun — The act of adding anything.

  noun — Anything that is added.

  noun — The arithmetic operation of adding.

  noun — A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

  noun — A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".

  noun — Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• anion5

  anion

  noun — A negatively charged ion.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• annatto7

  annatto

  noun — A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.

  noun — The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.

  noun — An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• annotation10

  annotation

  noun — A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis

  noun — A comment added to a text

  noun — The process of writing such comment or commentary

  noun — Metadata added to a document or program

  noun — Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• anoint6

  anoint

  verb — To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

  verb — To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

  verb — To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.

  verb — To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• anon1

  anon

  noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.

  adverb — Straight away; at once.

  adverb — Soon; in a little while.

  adverb — At another time; then; again.

  adjective — Anonymous

  noun — A work with an unknown author.

  Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

• anoxia6

  anoxia

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• antioxidant18

  antioxidant

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• antitoxin9

  antitoxin

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• axon1

  axon

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• dino1

  dino

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  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• dioxin6

  dioxin

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• ditto5

  ditto

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  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• dodo1

  dodo

  noun — A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

  noun — A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

  noun — Fried plantain.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• donation8

  donation

  noun — A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

  noun — The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• doodad6

  doodad

  noun — A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall); especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• doxx1

  doxx

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• idiot5

  idiot

  noun — A person of low general intelligence.

  adjective — Idiotic, stupid

  noun — A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

  noun — A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• initiation10

  initiation

  noun — The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced

  noun — The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

  noun — The first step of transcription or of transduction.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• into1

  into

  preposition — To or towards the inside of.

  preposition — To or towards the region of.

  preposition — Against, especially with force or violence.

  preposition — Indicates transition into another form or substance.

  preposition — After the start of.

  preposition — Interested in or attracted to.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• intonation10

  intonation

  noun — The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

  noun — The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

  noun — Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

  noun — Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.

  noun — A thundering; thunder.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• iota1

  iota

  noun — The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.

  noun — A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• nation6

  nation

  noun — A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

  noun — Damnation.

  adverb — Extremely, very.

  noun — A sovereign state.

  noun — An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.

  noun — A great number; a great deal.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• noon1

  noon

  noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

  verb — To relax or sleep around midday

  noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.

  noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

  noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

  noun — The highest point; culmination.

  Appeared in 45 recorded puzzles.

• notation8

  notation

  noun — The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

  noun — A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.

  noun — A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• notion6

  notion

  noun — Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

  noun — A sentiment; an opinion.

  noun — Sense; mind.

  noun — An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

  noun — Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.

  noun — Inclination; intention; disposition.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• onion5

  onion

  noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

  noun — The bulb of such a plant.

  noun — The genus as a whole.

  noun — A ball.

  noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

  Appeared in 31 recorded puzzles.

• onto1

  onto

  adjective — (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.

  preposition — Upon; on top of.

  preposition — Aware of.

  preposition — Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

  Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

• oxidant14

  oxidant

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• oxidation16

  oxidation

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• tattoo6

  tattoo

  noun — An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.

  verb — To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

  noun — A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).

  verb — To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

  noun — A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

  noun — A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• taxation8

  taxation

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• taxon5

  taxon

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• toad1

  toad

  noun — An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

  verb — To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.

  noun — A contemptible or unpleasant person.

  noun — An ugly person.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• toon1

  toon

  noun — A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

  noun — A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.

  noun — A town.

  noun — A melody.

  noun — A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

  noun — The wood of this tree.

  Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

• toot1

  toot

  noun — The noise of a horn or whistle.

  verb — To stand out, or be prominent.

  noun — A toilet.

  noun — (by extension) A fart; flatus.

  noun — Cocaine.

  noun — A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.

  Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.

• toxin5

  toxin

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

oxidant is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.