Sunday, June 7, 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.

• 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 7 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 7 recorded puzzles.

• addict6

  addict

  noun — A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

  verb — To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.

  noun — An adherent or fan (of something)

  verb — To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

  verb — To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.

  verb — To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• adduct6

  adduct

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• 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.

• cava1

  cava

  noun — A Spanish white sparkling wine made using the méthode champenoise.

  noun — The vena cava.

  noun — A cavity

  Appeared in 4 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 7 recorded puzzles.

• civic5

  civic

  adjective — Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

  adjective — Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• dicta5

  dicta

  noun — An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.

  noun — A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.

  noun — The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.

  noun — An arbitrament or award.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• didact6

  didact

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• didactic8

  didactic

  noun — A treatise on teaching or education.

  adjective — Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.

  adjective — Excessively moralizing.

  adjective — Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• ducat5

  ducat

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• duct1

  duct

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  Appeared in 2 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.

• tact1

  tact

  noun — The sense of touch; feeling.

  verb — To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).

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

  noun — The stroke in beating time.

  noun — Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.

  noun — A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).

  Appeared in 20 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.

• viaduct14

  viaduct

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