Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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• bill1

  bill

  noun — A piece of paper money; a banknote.

  noun — A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

  verb — To charge; to send a bill to.

  noun — A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

  noun — The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

  noun — Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

  Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

• billion7

  billion

  noun — (modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard

  noun — (British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012

  noun — An unspecified very large number.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• billionth16

  billionth

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• biotin6

  biotin

  noun — A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• blin1

  blin

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  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• blini5

  blini

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  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• bobbin6

  bobbin

  noun — A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.

  noun — In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.

  noun — The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

  noun — (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• boil1

  boil

  noun — A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

  noun — The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.

  verb — (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

  noun — A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

  noun — The collective noun for a group of hawks.

  verb — To cook in boiling water.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• bonito6

  bonito

  noun — Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna.

  noun — A large tropical fish, the skipjack tuna, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis.

  noun — The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.

  noun — The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• hill1

  hill

  noun — An elevated location smaller than a mountain.

  verb — To form into a heap or mound.

  noun — A sloping road.

  noun — A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

  noun — A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.

  noun — The pitcher’s mound.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• hilt1

  hilt

  noun — The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.

  verb — To provide with a hilt.

  noun — The base of the penis.

  verb — To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• hint1

  hint

  noun — A clue.

  verb — To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

  noun — A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

  noun — A small, barely detectable amount of.

  noun — Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.

  noun — An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• hobbit6

  hobbit

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• inhibit7

  inhibit

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• inhibition10

  inhibition

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• into1

  into

  preposition — To or towards the inside of.

  preposition — To or towards the region of.

  preposition — Against, especially with force or violence.

  preposition — Indicates transition into another form or substance.

  preposition — After the start of.

  preposition — Interested in or attracted to.

  Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

• lilt1

  lilt

  noun — A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.

  noun — Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.

  noun — A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.

  verb — To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.

  verb — To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.

  verb — To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• lint1

  lint

  noun — Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

  verb — To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

  noun — A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

  noun — The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.

  noun — Raw cotton ready for baling.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• lion1

  lion

  noun — A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

  adjective — Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.

  noun — (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.

  noun — A Chinese foo dog.

  noun — An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.

  noun — A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• litho5

  litho

  verb — To lithograph.

  adjective — Related to the method of lithography.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• loin1

  loin

  noun — The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips

  noun — Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• lotion6

  lotion

  noun — A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.

  verb — To cover or treat with a lotion.

  noun — A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• ninth5

  ninth

  noun — The person or thing in the ninth position.

  verb — To lose a ninth

  adjective — The ordinal form of the number nine.

  noun — One of nine equal parts of a whole.

  noun — The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).

  verb — To divide by nine

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• nonillion9

  nonillion

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  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• notion6

  notion

  noun — Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

  noun — A sentiment; an opinion.

  noun — Sense; mind.

  noun — An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

  noun — Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.

  noun — Inclination; intention; disposition.

  Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

• obit1

  obit

  noun — Death of a person.

  noun — An obituary.

  noun — A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person.

  noun — A record of a person's death.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• olio1

  olio

  noun — A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.

  noun — A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.

  noun — A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.

  noun — (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

  Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

• onion5

  onion

  noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

  noun — The bulb of such a plant.

  noun — The genus as a whole.

  noun — A ball.

  noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

  Appeared in 31 recorded puzzles.

• thin1

  thin

  noun — A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

  verb — To make thin or thinner.

  adjective — Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

  adverb — Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

  noun — Any food produced or served in thin slices.

  verb — To become thin or thinner.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• till1

  till

  preposition — Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

  conjunction — Until, until the time that.

  noun — A cash register.

  noun — A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

  noun — The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.

  verb — To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• tilt1

  tilt

  verb — To slope or incline (something); to slant.

  verb — To be at an angle.

  noun — A slope or inclination.

  noun — The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.

  verb — To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).

  noun — The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• tilth5

  tilth

  noun — Agricultural labour; husbandry.

  noun — The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.

  noun — Rich cultivated soil.

  Appeared in 6 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.

• toil1

  toil

  noun — Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

  verb — To labour; work.

  noun — Trouble, strife.

  noun — (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.

  verb — To struggle.

  verb — To work (something); often with out.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.