Friday, December 26, 2025

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• acne1

  acne

  noun — A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.

  noun — A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• addend6

  addend

  noun — Any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together.

  verb — To furnish with an addendum.

  noun — A moiety added to another molecule.

  verb — To furnish with an addend.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• addenda7

  addenda

  noun — Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

  noun — A postscript.

  noun — The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• adjacency16

  adjacency

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• cadence7

  cadence

  noun — The act or state of declining or sinking.

  verb — To give a cadence to.

  noun — Balanced, rhythmic flow.

  noun — The measure or beat of movement.

  noun — The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.

  noun — A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• cancan6

  cancan

  noun — A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.

  verb — To dance the cancan.

  noun — (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• candy5

  candy

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• cane1

  cane

  noun — A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof

  noun — The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool

  verb — To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement

  noun — A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane

  noun — Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like

  verb — To make or furnish with cane or rattan.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• caned5

  caned

  verb — To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement

  adjective — Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs

  adjective — Filled with white flakes; mothery; said of vinegar when containing mother.

  verb — To destroy; to comprehensively defeat

  verb — To do something well, in a competent fashion

  verb — To produce extreme pain

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• canna5

  canna

  noun — Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

  noun — A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• canned6

  canned

  verb — To seal in a can.

  adjective — Preserved in cans.

  verb — To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

  verb — To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

  verb — To shut up.

  verb — To fire or dismiss an employee.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• canny5

  canny

  adjective — Careful, prudent, cautious.

  adverb — Very, considerably; quite, rather.

  adjective — (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.

  adjective — Knowing, shrewd, astute.

  adjective — Frugal, thrifty.

  adjective — Pleasant, fair, favorable or agreeable to deal with.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• cayenne7

  cayenne

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• cyan1

  cyan

  noun — A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

  adjective — Of the colour cyan.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• dance5

  dance

  noun — A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

  verb — To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

  noun — A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

  noun — A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.

  noun — A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.

  noun — The art, profession, and study of dancing.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• danced6

  danced

  verb — To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

  verb — To leap or move lightly and rapidly.

  verb — To perform the steps to.

  verb — To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.

  verb — To make love or have sex.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• dandy5

  dandy

  noun — A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.

  adjective — Like a dandy, foppish.

  noun — A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

  noun — A dandy roller.

  adjective — Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

  adjective — Excellent; first-rate.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• deaden6

  deaden

  verb — To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

  verb — To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

  verb — To make soundproof.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• deadened8

  deadened

  verb — To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

  verb — To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

  verb — To make soundproof.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• dean1

  dean

  noun — A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

  verb — To serve as a dean.

  noun — (chiefly in place names) A hill.

  noun — A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.

  noun — The senior member of some group of people.

  verb — To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• decadence9

  decadence

  noun — A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• decency7

  decency

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• deny1

  deny

  verb — To disallow or reject.

  verb — To assert that something is not true.

  verb — (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.

  verb — To take something away from someone; to deprive of.

  verb — To prevent from scoring.

  verb — To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• dyne1

  dyne

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• ended5

  ended

  verb — To come to an end

  adjective — (in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.

  verb — To finish, terminate.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• ennead6

  ennead

  noun — The number nine.

  noun — Any grouping or system containing nine objects.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• jean1

  jean

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• jenny5

  jenny

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• naan1

  naan

  noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

  Appeared in 35 recorded puzzles.

• nada1

  nada

  pronoun — Nothing.

  Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

• nana1

  nana

  noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother

  noun — A banana

  noun — A fool

  noun — A nanny

  Appeared in 35 recorded puzzles.

• nanny5

  nanny

  noun — A child's nurse.

  verb — To serve as a nanny.

  noun — A grandmother.

  noun — A godmother.

  noun — A female goat.

  verb — To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• need1

  need

  noun — A requirement for something; something needed.

  verb — To have an absolute requirement for.

  noun — Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

  verb — To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

  verb — (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

  verb — To be required; to be necessary.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• needed6

  needed

  verb — To have an absolute requirement for.

  adjective — Necessary; being required.

  verb — To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

  verb — (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

  verb — To be required; to be necessary.

  verb — To be necessary (to someone).

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• needy5

  needy

  adjective — In need; poor.

  adjective — Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.

  adjective — Needful; necessary.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• nene1

  nene

  noun — The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

  Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.

• yenned6

  yenned

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.