Sunday, August 16, 2026

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• becloud14

  becloud

  verb — To cause to become obscure or muddled.

  verb — (usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.

  verb — To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.

• beclouded16

  beclouded

  verb — To cause to become obscure or muddled.

  verb — (usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.

  verb — To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.

• bloc1

  bloc

  noun — A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

  noun — A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• bocce5

  bocce

  noun — A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court

  noun — One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• boucle6

  boucle

  noun — A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls.

  noun — Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls.

• cede1

  cede

  verb — To give up; yield to another.

  verb — To give way.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• ceded5

  ceded

  verb — To give up; yield to another.

  verb — To give way.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• celeb5

  celeb

  noun — A celebrity; a famous person.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cell1

  cell

  noun — The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

  noun — A cellular phone.

  noun — A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.

  noun — The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.

  noun — A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.

  noun — Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• celled6

  celled

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  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• cello5

  cello

  noun — A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.

  noun — Cellophane

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• cellule7

  cellule

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  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• clod1

  clod

  noun — A lump of something, especially of earth or clay.

  verb — To pelt with clods.

  noun — The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.

  noun — A stupid person; a dolt.

  noun — Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.

  verb — To throw violently; to hurl.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• cloud5

  cloud

  noun — A rock; boulder; a hill.

  verb — To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

  noun — A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

  noun — Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.

  noun — Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.

  noun — Anything unsubstantial.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• clouded7

  clouded

  verb — To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

  adjective — Filled with clouds.

  verb — To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.

  verb — To make obscure.

  verb — To make less acute or perceptive.

  verb — To make gloomy or sullen.

• club1

  club

  noun — An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

  verb — To hit with a club.

  noun — A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.

  noun — A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

  noun — An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

  noun — A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

• clubbed7

  clubbed

  verb — To hit with a club.

  adjective — Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club.

  verb — To join together to form a group.

  verb — To combine into a club-shaped mass.

  verb — To go to nightclubs.

  verb — To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.

• clue1

  clue

  noun — A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.

  verb — To provide with a clue.

  noun — Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

  noun — An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

  noun — Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

  verb — To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• clued5

  clued

  verb — To provide with a clue.

  verb — To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cobble6

  cobble

  noun — A cobblestone.

  verb — To make shoes (what a cobbler does).

  noun — Small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.

  noun — A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

  verb — To assemble in an improvised way.

  verb — To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• cobbled7

  cobbled

  verb — To make shoes (what a cobbler does).

  adjective — (of a road surface) Laid with cobbles.

  verb — To assemble in an improvised way.

  verb — To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

  adjective — Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbled together")

• coddle6

  coddle

  noun — An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.

  verb — To treat gently or with great care.

  noun — An effeminate person.

  verb — To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.

  verb — To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• coddled7

  coddled

  verb — To treat gently or with great care.

  verb — To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.

  verb — To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• code1

  code

  noun — A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.

  verb — To write software programs.

  verb — Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

  noun — A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

  noun — Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.

  noun — A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• coded5

  coded

  verb — To write software programs.

  verb — Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

  adjective — Encoded; written in code or cipher.

  verb — To add codes to a dataset.

  verb — To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.

  verb — To encode.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• coed1

  coed

  noun — A young woman who attends college.

  adjective — Of an educational institution, that teaches both males and females.

  noun — A (generally young) woman, especially on the campus of a college or other educational institute.

  adjective — Of any location, that mixes males and females.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cold1

  cold

  adjective — (of a thing) Having a low temperature.

  noun — A condition of low temperature.

  adverb — While at low temperature.

  adjective — (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

  adjective — (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

  adjective — Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• collude7

  collude

  verb — To act in concert with; to conspire

• colluded8

  colluded

  verb — To act in concert with; to conspire

• cooed5

  cooed

  verb — To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.

  verb — To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cool1

  cool

  noun — A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

  adjective — Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

  verb — To lose heat, to get colder.

  noun — A calm temperament.

  noun — The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

  adjective — Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• cooled6

  cooled

  verb — To lose heat, to get colder.

  adjective — Brought to a lower temperature.

  verb — To make cooler, less warm.

  verb — To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

  verb — To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

  verb — To kill.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• could5

  could

  verb — (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.

  noun — Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

  verb — (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

  verb — (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

  verb — (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.

  verb — To know.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• coulee6

  coulee

  noun — A stream.

  noun — A lava flow.

  noun — A deep gulch or ravine, frequently dry in summer.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• cube1

  cube

  noun — A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

  verb — To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

  noun — A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

  noun — Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

  noun — The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

  noun — A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• cubed5

  cubed

  verb — To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

  adjective — Raised to the third power.

  verb — To form into the shape of a cube.

  verb — To cut into cubes.

  verb — To use a Rubik's cube.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• cuddle6

  cuddle

  noun — A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.

  verb — To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.

  verb — To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.

  verb — To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cuddled7

  cuddled

  verb — To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.

  verb — To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.

  verb — To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cued1

  cued

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  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• cull1

  cull

  noun — A selection.

  verb — To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

  noun — A fool, gullible person; a dupe.

  noun — An organised killing of selected animals.

  noun — (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.

  noun — (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• culled6

  culled

  verb — To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

  verb — To gather, collect.

  verb — To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

  verb — To kill (animals etc).

  verb — To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• deco1

  deco

  noun — (underwater diving) Decompression.

  noun — A friendship book in which people add decorative elements such as drawings, stickers and sequins.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• decode6

  decode

  noun — A product of decoding

  verb — To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

  noun — Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols

  verb — To figure out something difficult to interpret.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• decoded7

  decoded

  verb — To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

  verb — To figure out something difficult to interpret.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• deduce6

  deduce

  verb — To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

  verb — To take away; to deduct; to subtract.

  verb — (Latinism) To lead forth.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• deduced7

  deduced

  verb — To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

  verb — To take away; to deduct; to subtract.

  verb — (Latinism) To lead forth.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• deuce5

  deuce

  noun — A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

  noun — A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.

  noun — The number two.

  noun — A side of a die with two spots.

  noun — A cast of dice totalling two.

  noun — (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• educe5

  educe

  verb — To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.

  verb — To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.

  verb — To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.

  verb — To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.

  verb — To cause or generate; to bring about.

  noun — An inference.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• educed6

  educed

  verb — To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.

  verb — To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.

  adjective — Evoked

  adjective — Deduced

  verb — To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.

  verb — To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• loco1

  loco

  adverb — A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.

  noun — A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.

  verb — To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.

  adjective — Crazy.

  noun — A locomotive.

  verb — (by extension) To render insane.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• occlude7

  occlude

  verb — To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).

  verb — To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

• occluded8

  occluded

  verb — To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).

  adjective — Closed or obstructed

  verb — To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

  adjective — (of air) forced upwards by colder, denser air

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