Monday, May 25, 2026

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• 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 16 recorded puzzles.

• arrant6

  arrant

  adjective — Utter; complete (with a negative sense).

  adjective — Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.

  adjective — Wandering; roving around.

  adjective — Prone to making errors; misbehaved.

  adjective — Utter, complete (negative); arrant.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• atria5

  atria

  noun — A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

  noun — A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

  noun — A cavity, entrance, or passage.

  noun — Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

  Appeared in 17 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 16 recorded puzzles.

• attar5

  attar

  noun — An essential oil extracted from flowers.

  noun — A perfume made from this oil.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• avatar6

  avatar

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• invariant9

  invariant

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• irritant8

  irritant

  noun — Any medication designed to cause irritation

  adjective — Causing irritation or inflammation.

  noun — A source of irritation.

  adjective — Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

  Appeared in 5 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 9 recorded puzzles.

• manta5

  manta

  noun — A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.

  noun — Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• mantra6

  mantra

  noun — The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.

  noun — (originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation.

  noun — (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• mart1

  mart

  noun — A market.

  verb — To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.

  noun — A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.

  noun — Battle; contest.

  noun — A bargain.

  verb — To traffic.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• martin6

  martin

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• martini7

  martini

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• 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 15 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 23 recorded puzzles.

• natant6

  natant

  adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)

  adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• raita5

  raita

  noun — A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• rant1

  rant

  noun — A criticism done by ranting.

  verb — To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.

  noun — A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.

  noun — A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.

  verb — To criticize by ranting.

  verb — To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• ratatat7

  ratatat

  noun — A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• rattan6

  rattan

  noun — Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.

  verb — To beat with a rattan cane.

  noun — The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.

  noun — (by extension) A cane made from this material.

  Appeared in 6 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 16 recorded puzzles.

• tamari6

  tamari

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• tamarin7

  tamarin

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• tannin6

  tannin

  noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• tantara7

  tantara

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  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• tantra6

  tantra

  noun — A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• tart1

  tart

  adjective — Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

  noun — A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

  noun — A prostitute.

  verb — To practice prostitution

  adjective — (of wine) high or too high in acidity.

  adjective — Sharp; keen; severe.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• tartan6

  tartan

  noun — A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns.

  verb — To clothe in tartan.

  adjective — Having a pattern like a tartan.

  noun — A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.

  noun — The pattern associated with such material.

  noun — An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• tartar6

  tartar

  noun — A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.

  noun — A fearsome or angrily violent person.

  noun — A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• tatami6

  tatami

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

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• tiara5

  tiara

  noun — The papal crown.

  noun — An ornamental coronet.

  Appeared in 17 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 21 recorded puzzles.

• titan5

  titan

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

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• train5

  train

  noun — Elongated portion.

  verb — To practice an ability.

  noun — Treachery; deceit.

  noun — Connected sequence of people or things.

  verb — To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).

  verb — To improve one's fitness.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• trait5

  trait

  noun — An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.

  noun — An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• tram1

  tram

  noun — A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).

  verb — To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.

  noun — A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

  noun — A similar vehicle for carrying materials.

  noun — A people mover.

  noun — An aerial cable car.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• trim1

  trim

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• trimaran8

  trimaran

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• trivia6

  trivia

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• variant7

  variant

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• varmint14

  varmint

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• vitamin7

  vitamin

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

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