Friday, November 28, 2025

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• adorn5

  adorn

  verb — To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

  adjective — Adorned; ornate

  noun — Adornment

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• airy1

  airy

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  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• andiron7

  andiron

  noun — A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• android7

  android

  noun — A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily male)

  adjective — Possessing human qualities.

  adjective — (in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• anion5

  anion

  noun — A negatively charged ion.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• annoy5

  annoy

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  Appeared in 5 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 20 recorded puzzles.

• ardor5

  ardor

  noun — Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

  noun — Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

  noun — Intense heat.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• aria1

  aria

  noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• arid1

  arid

  adjective — Very dry.

  adjective — Devoid of value.

  adjective — Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• array5

  array

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  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• arroyo6

  arroyo

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• daddy5

  daddy

  noun — (usually childish) Father.

  verb — To father; to sire.

  noun — A male lover.

  noun — An informal term of address for a man.

  noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• dairy5

  dairy

  noun — (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

  noun — A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.

  adjective — Referring to products produced from milk.

  noun — A dairy farm.

  noun — A shop selling dairy products.

  noun — A corner store, superette or minimart.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• dandy5

  dandy

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• darn1

  darn

  verb — Euphemism of damn.

  adjective — Damn.

  adverb — (degree) Damned.

  verb — To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

  noun — A place mended by darning.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• diary5

  diary

  noun — A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.

  verb — To keep a diary or journal.

  adjective — Lasting for one day.

  noun — A personal organizer or appointment diary.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• dinar5

  dinar

  noun — The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia and Tunisia.

  noun — An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.

  Appeared in 3 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 11 recorded puzzles.

• dooryard8

  dooryard

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• dorado6

  dorado

  noun — Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• drain5

  drain

  noun — A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

  verb — To cause liquid to flow out of.

  verb — To deplete of energy or resources.

  noun — Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.

  verb — To lose liquid.

  noun — An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• dray1

  dray

  noun — A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.

  noun — A squirrel’s nest, built of twigs in a tree.

  noun — A kind of sledge or sled.

  noun — A possum’s nest, built of twigs and leaves in a tree.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• dryad5

  dryad

  noun — In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• dyad1

  dyad

  noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

  noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.

  noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.

  noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

  noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.

  noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• inroad6

  inroad

  noun — (usually plural) progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem

  noun — An advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion

  verb — To make an inroad into; to invade.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• naan1

  naan

  noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

  Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

• nada1

  nada

  pronoun — Nothing.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• nadir5

  nadir

  noun — The lowest point; time of greatest depression.

  noun — The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

  noun — The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.

  noun — An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.

  verb — To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• naiad5

  naiad

  noun — A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.

  noun — The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.

  noun — Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• nana1

  nana

  noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother

  noun — A banana

  noun — A fool

  noun — A nanny

  Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

• nanny5

  nanny

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  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• nary1

  nary

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• nondairy15

  nondairy

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• noonday7

  noonday

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• ordain6

  ordain

  verb — To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.

  verb — To decree.

  verb — To prearrange unalterably.

  verb — To predestine.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• ordinary15

  ordinary

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• radar5

  radar

  noun — A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces

  verb — To scan with radar, or as if with radar.

  noun — A type of system using such method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.

  noun — A superior ability to detect something.

  noun — An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• radian6

  radian

  noun — In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• radii5

  radii

  noun — A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.

  noun — The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.

  noun — The length of this line segment.

  noun — Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.

  noun — The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.

  noun — One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• radio5

  radio

  noun — The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

  noun — On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.

  noun — A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

  noun — The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.

  noun — A device that can transmit radio signals.

  verb — To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• radon5

  radon

  noun — The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• raid1

  raid

  noun — An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

  noun — A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

  noun — A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

  noun — An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

  verb — To lure from another; to entice away from.

  verb — To indulge oneself by taking from.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• rain1

  rain

  noun — Condensed water falling from a cloud.

  verb — To have rain fall from the sky.

  noun — Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

  verb — To fall as or like rain.

  verb — To issue (something) in large quantities.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• rainy5

  rainy

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• rand1

  rand

  noun — The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

  noun — A border, edge or rim.

  noun — A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand

  noun — A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

  noun — A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.

  verb — To rant; to storm.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• rando5

  rando

  noun — An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.

  noun — A person going to a party without being invited.

  adjective — Random; arbitrary.

  noun — Anything selected at random.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• randy5

  randy

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• rani1

  rani

  noun — A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

  noun — The wife of a rajah.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• rayon5

  rayon

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• road1

  road

  noun — A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.

  noun — A path chosen in life or career.

  adjective — At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.

  noun — A journey, or stage of a journey.

  noun — A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation.

  noun — (often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• roan1

  roan

  noun — An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

  adjective — Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in

  noun — The color of such an animal.

  noun — A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

  noun — Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

  noun — Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• roar1

  roar

  noun — A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

  verb — To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

  verb — To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

  noun — A loud resounding noise.

  verb — Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.

  verb — Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• yard1

  yard

  noun — A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

  verb — To confine to a yard.

  noun — A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).

  noun — 109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.

  noun — The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

  noun — An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• yarn1

  yarn

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.