Friday, January 2, 2026

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• been1

  been

  noun — A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• bonbon6

  bonbon

  noun — A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.

  noun — A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.

  noun — A Christmas cracker.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• bone1

  bone

  noun — A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

  verb — To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

  adjective — Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

  verb — To apprehend, steal.

  verb — To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

  noun — A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• bonny5

  bonny

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• bonobo6

  bonobo

  noun — The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• bony1

  bony

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• boon1

  boon

  noun — A prayer; petition.

  adjective — Good; prosperous.

  noun — The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

  noun — That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

  noun — A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.

  noun — An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• bunny5

  bunny

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• ebon1

  ebon

  noun — (now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.

  adjective — Made of ebony.

  adjective — Black in colour.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• ebony5

  ebony

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• enby1

  enby

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• hobnob6

  hobnob

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• hone1

  hone

  noun — A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

  verb — To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

  noun — A kind of swelling in the cheek.

  verb — To grumble.

  noun — A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

  verb — To use a hone to produce a precision bore.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• honey5

  honey

  noun — A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.

  verb — To sweeten; to make agreeable.

  adjective — Involving or resembling honey.

  noun — A variety of this substance.

  noun — Nectar.

  noun — Something sweet or desirable.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• honeybee8

  honeybee

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• honeybun15

  honeybun

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• nene1

  nene

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

  Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

• neon1

  neon

  noun — The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.

  adjective — (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

  noun — A form or sample of the element.

  noun — Neon signs or lights, collectively.

  noun — A neon tetra fish.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• none1

  none

  noun — A person without religious affiliation.

  adverb — To no extent, in no way.

  pronoun — Not any of a given number or group.

  noun — Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.

  noun — A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

  noun — The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.

  Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

• noob1

  noob

  noun — (often pejorative) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• noon1

  noon

  noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

  verb — To relax or sleep around midday

  noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.

  noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

  noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

  noun — The highest point; culmination.

  Appeared in 44 recorded puzzles.

• noun1

  noun

  noun — (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

  verb — To convert a word to a noun.

  noun — (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• nubby5

  nubby

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