Saturday, July 19, 2025

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• abaci5

  abaci

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  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• aboil5

  aboil

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• acacia6

  acacia

  noun — A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.

  noun — (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

  noun — The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.

  noun — A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.

  noun — Gum arabic; gum acacia.

  noun — Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.

  Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

• acai1

  acai

  noun — The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

  noun — Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.

  Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

• acid1

  acid

  noun — A sour substance.

  adjective — Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

  noun — Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:

  noun — Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

  adjective — Sour-tempered.

  adjective — Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• acidic6

  acidic

  adjective — Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.

  adjective — Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.

  adjective — Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• adobo5

  adobo

  noun — A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.

  noun — A marinade.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• aioli5

  aioli

  noun — A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• alibi5

  alibi

  noun — The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed

  verb — To provide an excuse for.

  verb — To provide an alibi for.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• baba1

  baba

  noun — A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

  noun — (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.

  noun — An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.

  noun — (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.

  noun — (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.

  noun — A baby, child.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• bacilli7

  bacilli

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• bail1

  bail

  noun — Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

  noun — Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.

  verb — To exit quickly.

  verb — To fail to meet a commitment.

  noun — A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).

  verb — To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• bald1

  bald

  noun — A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

  verb — To become bald.

  adjective — Having no hair, fur or feathers.

  adjective — (by extension) Denuded of any hair- or fur-like covering.

  adjective — Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

  adjective — (of a statement or account) Unembellished.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• ball1

  ball

  noun — A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

  noun — A round or ellipsoidal object.

  verb — To play basketball.

  noun — A very enjoyable time.

  verb — To form or wind into a ball.

  noun — A formal dance.

  Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

• ballad6

  ballad

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• baobab6

  baobab

  noun — A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• biblical8

  biblical

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• bilabial8

  bilabial

  adjective — Articulated with both lips.

  noun — A speech sound articulated with both lips.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• blab1

  blab

  verb — To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.

  noun — Gossip; prattle.

  noun — One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.

  Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

• boba1

  boba

  noun — Short for boba tea.

  noun — A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• bola1

  bola

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  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• cabal5

  cabal

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  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• cabala6

  cabala

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  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• cacao5

  cacao

  noun — A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

  noun — This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• calico6

  calico

  noun — A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.

  adjective — Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

  noun — A tortoiseshell and white domestic cat.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• call1

  call

  noun — A telephone conversation.

  verb — (heading) To use one's voice.

  noun — A decision or judgement.

  noun — The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.

  noun — A cry or shout.

  noun — A short visit, usually for social purposes.

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• calla5

  calla

  noun — The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.

  noun — A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• callaloo8

  callaloo

  noun — Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genus Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.

  noun — A spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• ciao1

  ciao

  noun — A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".

  interjection — Hello, hi.

  interjection — Bye, goodbye.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• cicada6

  cicada

  noun — Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• cilia5

  cilia

  noun — Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ.

  noun — A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.

  noun — One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• clad1

  clad

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cloaca6

  cloaca

  noun — (sometimes figurative) A sewer.

  noun — The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction.

  noun — An outhouse or lavatory.

  noun — A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• coal1

  coal

  noun — A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

  verb — To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).

  noun — A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)

  noun — A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.

  noun — A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.

  noun — Charcoal.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• coca1

  coca

  noun — Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

  noun — A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

  noun — The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• cocoa5

  cocoa

  noun — The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

  adjective — Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

  noun — Coconut palm.

  noun — An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.

  noun — A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

  noun — A serving of this drink.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• coda1

  coda

  noun — A person born hearing to deaf parents.

  noun — A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

  noun — The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.

  noun — In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.

  noun — A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cola1

  cola

  noun — The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

  noun — The punctuation mark ":".

  noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.

  noun — A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

  noun — A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

  noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• collab6

  collab

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• diabolic15

  diabolic

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• diabolical17

  diabolical

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• diabolo7

  diabolo

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• dial1

  dial

  noun — A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

  noun — A clock face.

  verb — To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

  verb — To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.

  noun — A sundial.

  noun — A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.

  Appeared in 10 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.

• iliac5

  iliac

  adjective — Of or pertaining to the ilium.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• labia5

  labia

  noun — The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.

  noun — A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva.

  noun — The lip of a labiate corolla.

  noun — The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• labial6

  labial

  adjective — Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.

  adjective — Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.

  noun — A consonant articulated by the lips.

  adjective — Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.

  noun — Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

  noun — An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• laic1

  laic

  noun — A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

  adjective — Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• laical6

  laical

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  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• laid1

  laid

  verb — To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

  verb — To produce and deposit an egg.

  verb — To have sex with.

  verb — To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

  verb — To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

  verb — To state; to allege.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• lilac5

  lilac

  noun — A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers.

  adjective — Having a pale purple colour.

  noun — A flower of the lilac shrub.

  noun — (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• load1

  load

  noun — A burden; a weight to be carried.

  noun — (often in the plural) A large number or amount.

  noun — A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

  verb — To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

  verb — To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.

  noun — A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• local5

  local

  noun — A person who lives near a given place.

  adjective — From or in a nearby location.

  adverb — In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.

  noun — An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.

  noun — A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.

  noun — A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• oddball7

  oddball

  noun — An eccentric or unusual person.

  adjective — Exotic, not mainstream.

  noun — A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.