Sunday, August 23, 2026

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• benumb6

  benumb

  verb — To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.

  verb — To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• biennium8

  biennium

  noun — A period of two years.

• bitumen14

  bitumen

  noun — Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.

  verb — To cover or fill with bitumen.

  noun — (by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

  noun — Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.

• eminent7

  eminent

  adjective — (of a person) distinguished, important, noteworthy.

  adjective — Noteworthy, remarkable, great.

  adjective — High, lofty.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• emit1

  emit

  verb — To send out or give off

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• imbibe6

  imbibe

  verb — To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

  verb — To take in; absorb.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• imbue5

  imbue

  verb — To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

  verb — In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

• imminent8

  imminent

  adjective — About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• immune6

  immune

  noun — A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease

  verb — To make immune.

  adjective — (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.

  adjective — (usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.

  adjective — (by extension) Not vulnerable.

  adjective — Of or pertaining to the immune system.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• item1

  item

  noun — A distinct physical object.

  noun — A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

  noun — Two people who are having a relationship with each other.

  noun — A matter for discussion in an agenda.

  noun — (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

  noun — A short article in a newspaper.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• meet1

  meet

  verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.

  verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.

  verb — To satisfy; to comply with.

  noun — A meeting.

  noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).

  verb — (Of groups) To come together.

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• meme1

  meme

  noun — Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.

  noun — A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.

  noun — Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

  verb — To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.

  verb — To create and use humorous memes.

  verb — To joke around.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• mentee6

  mentee

  noun — A person who is being mentored

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• menu1

  menu

  noun — The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.

  noun — A list of dishes offered in a restaurant.

  noun — A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• mete1

  mete

  verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

  verb — To measure.

  adjective — Suitable; right; proper.

  noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• mien1

  mien

  noun — Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.

  noun — A specific facial expression.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• mime1

  mime

  noun — A form of acting without words; pantomime.

  noun — A pantomime actor.

  verb — To act without words.

  verb — To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

  verb — To mimic.

  noun — A person who mimics others in a comical manner.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• mine1

  mine

  pronoun — My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.

  noun — A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

  noun — An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

  noun — Any source of wealth or resources.

  verb — To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

  noun — A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• mini1

  mini

  adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.

  noun — A miniskirt.

  noun — A minicomputer.

  Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

• minim5

  minim

  noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

  noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

  noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

  noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

  noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.

  noun — A small fish; a minnow.

  Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

• minimum7

  minimum

  noun — The lowest limit.

  adjective — To the lowest degree.

  noun — The smallest amount.

  noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

  noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

  noun — The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• mint1

  mint

  adjective — (with condition) Like new.

  noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

  noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

  noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

  noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.

  noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• minuet6

  minuet

  noun — A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.

  verb — To dance a minuet.

  noun — A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.

  noun — A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.

  noun — A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.

• minute6

  minute

  noun — A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

  verb — Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

  adjective — Very small.

  noun — A short but unspecified time period.

  noun — A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

  noun — (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

• minutemen9

  minutemen

  noun — During the American War for Independence, a citizen-soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice.

  noun — A man who reaches orgasm undesirably quickly during sexual intercourse.

  noun — The cyclist starting one minute ahead of, or behind, another rider in a time trial.

• mite1

  mite

  noun — Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

  noun — (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle

  noun — (often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one you take pity on; rascal

  noun — A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

  noun — A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

  noun — A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• mitt1

  mitt

  noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

  noun — A mitten

  noun — (especially in plural) A hand.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• mitten6

  mitten

  noun — A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.

  noun — A cat's or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body.

  verb — To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.

  noun — (as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• mute1

  mute

  noun — A stopped consonant; a stop.

  verb — To silence, to make quiet.

  adjective — Not having the power of speech; dumb.

  noun — The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

  verb — Of a bird: to defecate.

  verb — To cast off; to moult.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• mutt1

  mutt

  noun — A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.

  noun — A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.

  noun — (sometimes derogatory) A person of diverse ancestry.

  noun — An idiot, a stupid person.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• muumuu6

  muumuu

  noun — A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• nimbi5

  nimbi

  noun — A circle of light; a halo.

  noun — A gray rain cloud.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• numb1

  numb

  verb — To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).

  adjective — Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

  verb — To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.

  verb — To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.

  verb — To become numb (especially physically).

  adjective — Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• teem1

  teem

  verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

  verb — To be stocked to overflowing.

  verb — To pour (especially with rain)

  Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

• tenement8

  tenement

  noun — A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

  noun — Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

  noun — Dwelling; abode; habitation.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• time1

  time

  noun — The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

  noun — A duration of time.

  noun — The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

  noun — An instant of time.

  verb — To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

  verb — To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• unmet5

  unmet

  adjective — Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• unmute6

  unmute

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

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