Saturday, August 22, 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 25 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 25 recorded puzzles.

• antarctic9

  antarctic

  adjective — Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.

  adjective — Opposite, contradictory.

  adjective — Southern.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• 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.

• 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 11 recorded puzzles.

• arancini8

  arancini

  noun — A baked rice ball, filled with cheese or other sauce, originally from Sicily.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• arctic6

  arctic

  noun — A warm waterproof overshoe.

  adjective — (now only in compounds) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.

  noun — Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.

  adjective — Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.

  adjective — Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.

  adjective — Designed for use in very cold conditions.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• aria1

  aria

  noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• arnica6

  arnica

  noun — Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.

  Appeared in 4 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.

• 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 19 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 19 recorded puzzles.

• cairn5

  cairn

  noun — A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

  noun — A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

  noun — A cairn terrier.

  Appeared in 4 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 11 recorded puzzles.

• circa5

  circa

  preposition — Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• circuit7

  circuit

  noun — The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

  verb — To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

  noun — A court that sits at more than one location in the district that it serves.

  noun — The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.

  noun — That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

  noun — The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.

• cirri5

  cirri

  noun — A tendril.

  noun — A thin tendril-like appendage.

  noun — A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• citric6

  citric

  adjective — Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• crania6

  crania

  noun — The braincase or neurocranium; that part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.

  noun — The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible).

  noun — The skull.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• critic6

  critic

  noun — A person who appraises the works of others.

  verb — To criticise.

  noun — The art of criticism.

  noun — A specialist in judging works of art.

  noun — One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.

  noun — An opponent.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• curtain14

  curtain

  noun — A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

  verb — To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.

  noun — A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.

  noun — (by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.

  noun — (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.

  noun — (also "final curtain") Death.

• incant6

  incant

  verb — To state solemnly, to chant.

  verb — To recite an incantation.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• incur5

  incur

  verb — To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to

  verb — To enter or pass into

  verb — To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger

  Appeared in 4 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 11 recorded puzzles.

• intuit6

  intuit

  verb — To know intuitively or by immediate perception.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• inurn5

  inurn

  verb — To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.

  verb — To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).

  Appeared in 6 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.

• 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 15 recorded puzzles.

• nitric6

  nitric

  noun — Nitric acid

  adjective — Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• rain1

  rain

  noun — Condensed water falling from a cloud.

  verb — To have rain fall from the sky.

  noun — Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

  verb — To fall as or like rain.

  verb — To issue (something) in large quantities.

  Appeared in 12 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.

• rani1

  rani

  noun — A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

  noun — The wife of a rajah.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• ricin5

  ricin

  noun — An extremely toxic protein extracted from the castor bean.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• ruin1

  ruin

  noun — (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

  verb — To cause the fiscal ruin of.

  noun — The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.

  noun — Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.

  noun — A fall or tumble.

  noun — A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• runic5

  runic

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  Appeared in 4 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 19 recorded puzzles.

• taciturn15

  taciturn

  adjective — Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

• 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 19 recorded puzzles.

• tactician9

  tactician

  noun — A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.

  Appeared in 11 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.

• tannic6

  tannic

  adjective — Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• tannin6

  tannin

  noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• tantric7

  tantric

  adjective — Describing Vajrayana Buddhism.

  adjective — Describing any of several branches of yoga or esoteric traditions rooted in India.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• tiara5

  tiara

  noun — The papal crown.

  noun — An ornamental coronet.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• tinct5

  tinct

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  Appeared in 15 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.

• titanic7

  titanic

  adjective — Having great size, or great strength, force or power.

  adjective — Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium

  Appeared in 11 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.

• tunic5

  tunic

  noun — A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

  noun — Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• tutti5

  tutti

  noun — A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing

  adjective — All together; with all playing at once.

  adverb — All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• unit1

  unit

  noun — An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

  noun — A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.

  noun — A standard measure of a quantity.

  noun — An item which may be sold singly.

  noun — A unit of alcohol.

  noun — The number one.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• unitarian9

  unitarian

  noun — One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist.

  adjective — Espousing a unitary view of something

  noun — A Muwahhid.

  noun — One who rejects the principle of dualism.

  noun — A monotheist.

• uric1

  uric

  adjective — Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

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