Friday, July 3, 2026

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• adorn5

  adorn

  verb — To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

  adjective — Adorned; ornate

  noun — Adornment

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• aioli5

  aioli

  noun — A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.

  Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

• anal1

  anal

  adjective — Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

  adjective — Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

  adjective — Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.

  noun — Anal sex.

  noun — Any of the anal scales of a reptile.

  adjective — (of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• andiron7

  andiron

  noun — A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• android7

  android

  noun — A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily male)

  adjective — Possessing human qualities.

  adjective — (in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• anion5

  anion

  noun — A negatively charged ion.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• annal5

  annal

  noun — The record of a single event or item.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• anon1

  anon

  noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.

  adverb — Straight away; at once.

  adverb — Soon; in a little while.

  adverb — At another time; then; again.

  adjective — Anonymous

  noun — A work with an unknown author.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• ardor5

  ardor

  noun — Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

  noun — Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

  noun — Intense heat.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• aria1

  aria

  noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

  Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

• arid1

  arid

  adjective — Very dry.

  adjective — Devoid of value.

  adjective — Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• aril1

  aril

  noun — A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• darn1

  darn

  verb — Euphemism of damn.

  adjective — Damn.

  adverb — (degree) Damned.

  verb — To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

  noun — A place mended by darning.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• dial1

  dial

  noun — A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

  noun — A clock face.

  verb — To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

  verb — To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.

  noun — A sundial.

  noun — A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• dinar5

  dinar

  noun — The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia and Tunisia.

  noun — An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• dollar6

  dollar

  noun — Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

  noun — (by extension) Money generally.

  noun — Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)

  noun — A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• doodad6

  doodad

  noun — A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall); especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• doornail15

  doornail

  noun — A nail with a wide head, traditionally used in the construction and ornamentation of wooden doors.

• dorado6

  dorado

  noun — Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• drain5

  drain

  noun — A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

  verb — To cause liquid to flow out of.

  verb — To deplete of energy or resources.

  noun — Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.

  verb — To lose liquid.

  noun — An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• inlaid6

  inlaid

  adjective — (of a design) Set into a surface in a decorative pattern.

  adjective — (of the surface of an item) Having an inset decorative pattern.

  verb — To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.

  verb — To place an inlay in a tooth.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• inland6

  inland

  noun — The interior part of a country.

  adverb — Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.

  adjective — Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior

  adjective — Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea

  adjective — Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• inroad6

  inroad

  noun — (usually plural) progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem

  noun — An advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion

  verb — To make an inroad into; to invade.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• laid1

  laid

  verb — To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

  verb — To produce and deposit an egg.

  verb — To have sex with.

  verb — To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

  verb — To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

  verb — To state; to allege.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• lain1

  lain

  verb — To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

  verb — To be placed or situated.

  verb — To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

  verb — Used with with: to have sexual relations with.

  verb — Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.

  verb — Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• lair1

  lair

  noun — A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.

  noun — A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.

  noun — A shed or shelter for domestic animals.

  noun — A bed or resting place.

  noun — A grave; a cemetery plot.

  verb — To rest; to dwell.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• lanai5

  lanai

  noun — (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• land1

  land

  noun — The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

  noun — Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.

  noun — A country or region.

  verb — To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

  verb — To acquire; to secure.

  adjective — Of or relating to land.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• landlord8

  landlord

  noun — A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.

  noun — The owner or manager of a public house.

  noun — (with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

• lanolin7

  lanolin

  noun — A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• lard1

  lard

  noun — Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

  verb — To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.

  verb — To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

  noun — Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

  verb — To smear with fat or lard.

  verb — To fatten; to enrich.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• liar1

  liar

  noun — One who tells lies.

  noun — A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• lira1

  lira

  noun — The basic unit of currency in Turkey.

  noun — The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

  noun — The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

  noun — The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)

  noun — A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

  noun — Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• llano5

  llano

  noun — A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• load1

  load

  noun — A burden; a weight to be carried.

  noun — (often in the plural) A large number or amount.

  noun — A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

  verb — To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

  verb — To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.

  noun — A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• loan1

  loan

  noun — A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

  verb — To lend (something) to (someone).

  noun — An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.

  noun — The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.

  noun — The permission to borrow any item.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• naan1

  naan

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

  Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

• nada1

  nada

  pronoun — Nothing.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• nadir5

  nadir

  noun — The lowest point; time of greatest depression.

  noun — The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

  noun — The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.

  noun — An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.

  verb — To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• naiad5

  naiad

  noun — A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.

  noun — The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.

  noun — Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• nail1

  nail

  noun — The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

  noun — A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.

  verb — To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.

  verb — To drive a nail.

  verb — To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.

  verb — To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.

  Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

• nana1

  nana

  noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother

  noun — A banana

  noun — A fool

  noun — A nanny

  Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

• nodal5

  nodal

  adjective — Of the nature of, or relating to, a node.

  adjective — Of or relating to the nodus.

• oral1

  oral

  adjective — Spoken rather than written.

  adjective — Relating to the mouth.

  noun — Oral sex.

  noun — A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.

  noun — A physical examination of the mouth.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• ordain6

  ordain

  verb — To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.

  verb — To decree.

  verb — To prearrange unalterably.

  verb — To predestine.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• ordinal14

  ordinal

  noun — An ordinal number such as first, second and third.

  adjective — (of a number) indicating position in a sequence

  adjective — Of or relating to the groupings called orders

  noun — A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services

  adjective — Intercardinal

• radar5

  radar

  noun — A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces

  verb — To scan with radar, or as if with radar.

  noun — A type of system using such method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.

  noun — A superior ability to detect something.

  noun — An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• radial6

  radial

  noun — A radial tire / radial tyre.

  adjective — Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre.

  adjective — Developing uniformly on all sides.

  adjective — Moving along a radius.

  adjective — Of, or relating to the radius bone.

  adjective — Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• radian6

  radian

  noun — In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• radii5

  radii

  noun — A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.

  noun — The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.

  noun — The length of this line segment.

  noun — Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.

  noun — The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.

  noun — One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• radio5

  radio

  noun — The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

  noun — On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.

  noun — A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

  noun — The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.

  noun — A device that can transmit radio signals.

  verb — To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• radon5

  radon

  noun — The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• raid1

  raid

  noun — An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

  noun — A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

  noun — A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

  noun — An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

  verb — To lure from another; to entice away from.

  verb — To indulge oneself by taking from.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• rail1

  rail

  noun — The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.

  noun — A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

  noun — A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.

  noun — A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.

  verb — To criticize severely.

  noun — Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• railroad8

  railroad

  noun — A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

  noun — The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

  noun — A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

  verb — To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

  verb — To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

  verb — To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.

• rain1

  rain

  noun — Condensed water falling from a cloud.

  verb — To have rain fall from the sky.

  noun — Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

  verb — To fall as or like rain.

  verb — To issue (something) in large quantities.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• rand1

  rand

  noun — The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

  noun — A border, edge or rim.

  noun — A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand

  noun — A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

  noun — A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.

  verb — To rant; to storm.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• rando5

  rando

  noun — An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.

  noun — A person going to a party without being invited.

  adjective — Random; arbitrary.

  noun — Anything selected at random.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• rani1

  rani

  noun — A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

  noun — The wife of a rajah.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• rial1

  rial

  noun — The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.

  noun — An old gold coin of England.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• road1

  road

  noun — A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.

  noun — A path chosen in life or career.

  adjective — At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.

  noun — A journey, or stage of a journey.

  noun — A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation.

  noun — (often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• roan1

  roan

  noun — An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

  adjective — Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in

  noun — The color of such an animal.

  noun — A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

  noun — Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

  noun — Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• roar1

  roar

  noun — A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

  verb — To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

  verb — To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

  noun — A loud resounding noise.

  verb — Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.

  verb — Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

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