Thursday, February 26, 2026

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• 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 24 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 24 recorded puzzles.

• amity5

  amity

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• anima5

  anima

  noun — The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.

  noun — (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.

  noun — (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• anti1

  anti

  adjective — Opposed to something.

  noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.

  preposition — Alternative form of anti-

  adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• antic5

  antic

  noun — A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.

  verb — To perform antics, caper.

  adjective — Playful, funny, absurd

  adjective — Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.

  noun — A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping

  noun — A caricature.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• attain6

  attain

  verb — To gain (an object or desired result).

  verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

  verb — To reach in excellence or degree.

  verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.

  verb — To get at the knowledge of.

  verb — To reach a person after being behind them.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• attic5

  attic

  noun — The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• cacti5

  cacti

  noun — Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

  noun — Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• caiman6

  caiman

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• cami1

  cami

  noun — A camisole.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• cantina7

  cantina

  noun — A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.

  noun — Abbreviated form of cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• catmint7

  catmint

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• city1

  city

  noun — A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

  noun — A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

  noun — The central business district; downtown.

  noun — A large amount of something (used after the noun).

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• cynic5

  cynic

  noun — A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.

  adjective — Cynical (in all senses)

  noun — A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

  adjective — Relating to the Dog Star.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• imam1

  imam

  noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.

  noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• inanity7

  inanity

  noun — The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.

  noun — Something that is inane.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• incant6

  incant

  verb — To state solemnly, to chant.

  verb — To recite an incantation.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• intact6

  intact

  adjective — Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged

  adjective — Of animals, not castrated: an intact bull.

  adjective — Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• intimacy15

  intimacy

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• itty1

  itty

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  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• maim1

  maim

  noun — A serious wound

  verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• main1

  main

  verb — Short for mainline.

  adjective — Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.

  adverb — Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

  noun — That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

  noun — A hand or match in a game of dice.

  noun — A basket for gathering grapes.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• maintain8

  maintain

  verb — To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.

  verb — To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).

  verb — To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• mania5

  mania

  noun — Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

  noun — Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

  noun — The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• maniac6

  maniac

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• manic5

  manic

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• mica1

  mica

  noun — Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• mimic5

  mimic

  noun — A person who practices mimicry, or mime.

  verb — To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

  adjective — Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.

  noun — An imitation.

  verb — To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

  adjective — Mock, pretended.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• mini1

  mini

  adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.

  noun — A miniskirt.

  noun — A minicomputer.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• minicam7

  minicam

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• minim5

  minim

  noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

  noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

  noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

  noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

  noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.

  noun — A small fish; a minnow.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• minima6

  minima

  noun — The lowest limit.

  noun — The smallest amount.

  noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

  noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

  noun — The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• mint1

  mint

  adjective — (with condition) Like new.

  noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

  noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

  noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

  noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.

  noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• minty5

  minty

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• mitt1

  mitt

  noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

  noun — A mitten

  noun — (especially in plural) A hand.

  Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

• niacin6

  niacin

  noun — A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• ninny5

  ninny

  noun — A silly or foolish person.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• tacit5

  tacit

  adjective — Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.

  adjective — Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• tactic6

  tactic

  noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

  adjective — Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.

  noun — A maneuver used against an enemy.

  noun — A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

  adjective — Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• tactician9

  tactician

  noun — A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• taint5

  taint

  verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

  noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish

  noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food

  verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.

  noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation

  noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• tannic6

  tannic

  adjective — Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• tannin6

  tannin

  noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• tatami6

  tatami

  noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• tinct5

  tinct

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  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• tinny5

  tinny

  adjective — Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.

  noun — A can of beer.

  adjective — Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal.

  adjective — Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.

  noun — A small open aluminium boat.

  noun — Small package of drugs wrapped in foil.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• tint1

  tint

  verb — To shade, to color.

  noun — A slight coloring.

  noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

  noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

  noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

  Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

• tiny1

  tiny

  noun — A small child; an infant.

  adjective — Very small.

  noun — Anything very small.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• titan5

  titan

  noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• titanic7

  titanic

  adjective — Having great size, or great strength, force or power.

  adjective — Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.