Monday, July 27, 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.

• activity8

  activity

  noun — The state or quality of being active; activeness.

  noun — Something done as an action or a movement.

  noun — Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.

  noun — (grammar) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.

• 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.

• avian5

  avian

  noun — A bird.

  adjective — Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.

  noun — A bird-like or flying creature.

  noun — (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.

  Appeared in 5 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.

• 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.

• cavity6

  cavity

  noun — A hole or hollow depression.

  noun — A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).

  noun — A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• inactivity17

  inactivity

  noun — The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

• 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.

• itty1

  itty

  No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• nativity8

  nativity

  noun — Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.

  noun — Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.

  noun — (also with capital initial) The birth of Jesus.

  noun — (also with capital initial) The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist.

  noun — (also with capital initial) A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.

  noun — Origin; founding.

• 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.

• tinct5

  tinct

  No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.

  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.

• vain1

  vain

  adjective — Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

  adjective — Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

  adjective — Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.

  adjective — Showy; ostentatious.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• vanity6

  vanity

  noun — That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.

  noun — Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.

  noun — A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.

  noun — A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.

  noun — Emptiness.

  noun — Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.

• vicinity8

  vicinity

  noun — Proximity; the state of being near.

  noun — Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.

  noun — Approximate size or amount.

• viny1

  viny

  No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• vivacity8

  vivacity

  noun — The quality or state of being vivacious.