Thursday, August 13, 2026

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• anal1

  anal

  adjective — Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

  adjective — Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

  adjective — Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.

  noun — Anal sex.

  noun — Any of the anal scales of a reptile.

  adjective — (of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• anally6

  anally

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  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• ancho5

  ancho

  noun — A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• annal5

  annal

  noun — The record of a single event or item.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• annoy5

  annoy

  noun — A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

  verb — To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

  noun — That which causes such a feeling.

  verb — To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.

  verb — To molest; to harm; to injure.

  Appeared in 6 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 21 recorded puzzles.

• anyhoo6

  anyhoo

  adverb — Anyhow

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• canal5

  canal

  noun — An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

  noun — A tubular channel within the body.

  verb — To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage

  verb — To travel along a canal by boat

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• cancan6

  cancan

  noun — A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.

  verb — To dance the cancan.

  noun — (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• canna5

  canna

  noun — Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

  noun — A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• cannon6

  cannon

  noun — A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.

  verb — To bombard with cannons.

  noun — A generally accepted principle; a rule.

  noun — A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

  noun — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

  noun — Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• canny5

  canny

  adjective — Careful, prudent, cautious.

  adverb — Very, considerably; quite, rather.

  adjective — (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.

  adjective — Knowing, shrewd, astute.

  adjective — Frugal, thrifty.

  adjective — Pleasant, fair, favorable or agreeable to deal with.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• canola6

  canola

  noun — Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• canon5

  canon

  noun — A generally accepted principle; a rule.

  noun — A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

  noun — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

  noun — A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

  noun — The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

  noun — A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• canyon6

  canyon

  noun — A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• chancy6

  chancy

  adjective — Uncertain, risky, hazardous

  adjective — Subject to chance; random

  adjective — Lucky; bringing good luck

• clan1

  clan

  noun — A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

  noun — Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.

  noun — A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.

  noun — A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain

  noun — A badger colony.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• clonal6

  clonal

  adjective — Relating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning)

  adjective — That lives with others of the same kind

• cocoon6

  cocoon

  noun — The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.

  verb — To envelop in a protective case

  noun — Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.

  verb — To withdraw into such a case.

  Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

• colcannon9

  colcannon

  noun — A traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale, with scallions, butter, salt and pepper added.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• colon5

  colon

  noun — The punctuation mark ":".

  noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.

  noun — A husbandman.

  noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).

  noun — A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.

  noun — A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• colony6

  colony

  noun — A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.

  noun — A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin

  noun — Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.

  noun — An apartment complex or neighborhood.

  noun — A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area

  noun — A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• conch5

  conch

  noun — A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

  verb — To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

  noun — A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.

  noun — The shell of this sea animal.

  noun — A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.

  noun — The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• cyan1

  cyan

  noun — A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

  adjective — Of the colour cyan.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• halcyon14

  halcyon

  noun — A kingfisher said in classical mythology to nest on the sea, thereby calming the waters.

  adjective — Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.

  noun — A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

  adjective — Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• honcho6

  honcho

  noun — Boss, leader

  verb — To lead or manage.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• llano5

  llano

  noun — A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• loan1

  loan

  noun — A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

  verb — To lend (something) to (someone).

  noun — An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.

  noun — The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.

  noun — The permission to borrow any item.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• loon1

  loon

  noun — An idler, a lout.

  noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

  noun — A boy, a lad.

  noun — A harlot; mistress.

  noun — A simpleton.

  noun — A crazy or deranged person.

  Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

• loony5

  loony

  noun — An insane or very foolish person.

  adjective — (of a person) Insane.

  adjective — (of a thing) Very silly, absurd.

  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 33 recorded puzzles.

• nacho5

  nacho

  noun — A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• nana1

  nana

  noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother

  noun — A banana

  noun — A fool

  noun — A nanny

  Appeared in 33 recorded puzzles.

• nanny5

  nanny

  noun — A child's nurse.

  verb — To serve as a nanny.

  noun — A grandmother.

  noun — A godmother.

  noun — A female goat.

  verb — To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• nonlocal8

  nonlocal

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• noon1

  noon

  noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

  verb — To relax or sleep around midday

  noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.

  noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

  noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

  noun — The highest point; culmination.

  Appeared in 44 recorded puzzles.

• nylon5

  nylon

  noun — Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.

  noun — (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• onlay5

  onlay

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• only1

  only

  noun — An only child.

  adjective — Alone in a category.

  adverb — Without others or anything further; exclusively.

  conjunction — Under the condition that; but.

  adjective — Singularly superior; the best.

  adjective — Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

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