Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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• deem1

  deem

  noun — An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.

  verb — To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

  verb — To adjudge, to decree.

  verb — To dispense (justice); to administer (law).

  verb — (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.

  verb — To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• deemed6

  deemed

  verb — To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

  adjective — An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.

  verb — To adjudge, to decree.

  verb — To dispense (justice); to administer (law).

  verb — (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.

  verb — To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• deeming7

  deeming

  verb — To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

  verb — To adjudge, to decree.

  verb — To dispense (justice); to administer (law).

  verb — (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.

  verb — To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

• denim5

  denim

  noun — A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• dime1

  dime

  noun — A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

  verb — (with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

  noun — A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.

  noun — A small amount of money

  noun — An assist

  noun — A playing card with the rank of ten

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• dimmed6

  dimmed

  verb — To make something less bright.

  verb — To become darker.

  verb — To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct

  verb — To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• dimming7

  dimming

  verb — To make something less bright.

  noun — The process of becoming dim.

  verb — To become darker.

  verb — To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct

  verb — To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

• emend5

  emend

  verb — To correct and revise (text or a document).

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• emended7

  emended

  verb — To correct and revise (text or a document).

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• emending8

  emending

  verb — To correct and revise (text or a document).

• gimme5

  gimme

  noun — That which is easily obtained, or certain to occur.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• impede6

  impede

  verb — To get in the way of; to hinder.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• impeded7

  impeded

  verb — To get in the way of; to hinder.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• impeding15

  impeding

  verb — To get in the way of; to hinder.

• impend6

  impend

  verb — To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.

  verb — Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

  verb — To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.

  verb — To pay.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• impended8

  impended

  verb — To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.

  verb — Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

  verb — To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.

  verb — To pay.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• impending16

  impending

  verb — To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.

  noun — Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

  adjective — Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

  verb — Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

  verb — To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.

  verb — To pay.

• impinge7

  impinge

  verb — To make a physical impact on.

  verb — To interfere with.

  verb — To have an effect upon, especially a negative one.

• impinged15

  impinged

  verb — To make a physical impact on.

  verb — To interfere with.

  verb — To have an effect upon, especially a negative one.

• impinging9

  impinging

  verb — To make a physical impact on.

  verb — To interfere with.

  verb — To have an effect upon, especially a negative one.

  Appeared in 3 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 16 recorded puzzles.

• memed5

  memed

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• meming6

  meming

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• mend1

  mend

  noun — A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.

  verb — To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

  noun — The act of repairing.

  verb — To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

  verb — To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

  verb — To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• mended6

  mended

  verb — To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

  verb — To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

  verb — To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

  verb — To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• mending7

  mending

  verb — To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

  noun — The act by which something is mended or repaired.

  verb — To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

  verb — To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

  verb — To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

• midge5

  midge

  noun — Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera

  noun — Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge

• midi1

  midi

  noun — A native or inhabitant of Berlin.

  noun — A coat or skirt having such a hemline.

  adjective — Having a hemline at mid-calf length.

  noun — A doughnut with a sweet filling.

  noun — A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.

  Appeared in 4 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 10 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 12 recorded puzzles.

• mimed5

  mimed

  verb — To mimic.

  verb — To act without words.

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

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• miming6

  miming

  verb — To act without words.

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

  noun — A performance in mime.

  verb — To mimic.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• mind1

  mind

  noun — The ability for rational thought.

  verb — (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

  noun — The ability to be aware of things.

  noun — The ability to remember things.

  noun — The ability to focus the thoughts.

  noun — Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• minded6

  minded

  verb — (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

  adjective — Having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things.

  verb — To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.

  verb — (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).

  verb — To be careful about.

  verb — Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• minding7

  minding

  noun — The act of taking heed of something.

  verb — (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

  verb — To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.

  verb — (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).

  verb — To be careful about.

  verb — Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.

• 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 10 recorded puzzles.

• mined5

  mined

  verb — To remove (ore) from the ground.

  verb — To dig into, for ore or metal.

  verb — To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).

  verb — To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

  verb — To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

  verb — To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• mini1

  mini

  adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.

  noun — A miniskirt.

  noun — A minicomputer.

  Appeared in 22 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 22 recorded puzzles.

• mining6

  mining

  noun — The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

  verb — To remove (ore) from the ground.

  verb — To dig into, for ore or metal.

  noun — Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof-of-work

  noun — The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode

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

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• penmen6

  penmen

  noun — A scribe, or person who copies texts

  noun — A journalist or other author

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• pimp1

  pimp

  noun — Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

  verb — To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

  adjective — Excellent, fashionable, stylish

  numeral — Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting

  noun — A man who can easily attract women.

  verb — To prostitute someone.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• pimped6

  pimped

  verb — To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

  verb — To prostitute someone.

  verb — To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).

  verb — To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).

  verb — To promote, to tout.

  verb — To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• pimping7

  pimping

  verb — To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

  noun — The practise of procuring prostitutes.

  adjective — Little or petty.

  verb — To prostitute someone.

  verb — To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).

  verb — To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.