Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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• alit1

  alit

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  Appeared in 13 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 22 recorded puzzles.

• annal5

  annal

  noun — The record of a single event or item.

  Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

• anti1

  anti

  adjective — Opposed to something.

  noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.

  preposition — Alternative form of anti-

  adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• atilt5

  atilt

  adjective — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.

  adverb — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.

  preposition — Diagonally over or across.

  adverb — Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• attain6

  attain

  verb — To gain (an object or desired result).

  verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

  verb — To reach in excellence or degree.

  verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.

  verb — To get at the knowledge of.

  verb — To reach a person after being behind them.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• await5

  await

  noun — A waiting for; ambush.

  verb — To wait for.

  noun — Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

  verb — To expect.

  verb — To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

  verb — To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

• data1

  data

  noun — (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

  noun — (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.

  noun — (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

  noun — (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• dawn1

  dawn

  noun — The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

  verb — To begin to brighten with daylight.

  noun — The rising of the sun.

  noun — The time when the sun rises.

  noun — The earliest phase of something.

  verb — To start to appear or be realized.

  Appeared in 2 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 11 recorded puzzles.

• initial7

  initial

  adjective — Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.

  noun — In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.

  noun — The first letter of a word or a name.

  verb — To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

  noun — A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.

  adjective — Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

  Appeared in 8 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 7 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 7 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 11 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 16 recorded puzzles.

• lanai5

  lanai

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

  Appeared in 16 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 10 recorded puzzles.

• lantana7

  lantana

  noun — Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• lawn1

  lawn

  noun — An open space between woods.

  noun — A type of thin linen or cotton.

  noun — Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

  noun — An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.

  noun — (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.

  noun — A piece of clothing made from lawn.

• 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 16 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 11 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 16 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.

• natal5

  natal

  adjective — Of or relating to birth.

  adjective — Of or relating to the buttocks.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• natant6

  natant

  adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)

  adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming

  Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

• tail1

  tail

  noun — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.

  noun — The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.

  noun — (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.

  noun — The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.

  verb — To follow and observe surreptitiously.

  noun — The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• tailwind15

  tailwind

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• taint5

  taint

  verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

  noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish

  noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food

  verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.

  noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation

  noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• tali1

  tali

  noun — The bone of the ankle.

  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• tall1

  tall

  adjective — (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.

  adjective — (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.

  adjective — (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.

  adjective — (of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.

  noun — (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.

  Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

• tallit6

  tallit

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  Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

• tannin6

  tannin

  noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• tidal5

  tidal

  adjective — Relating to tides

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• titan5

  titan

  noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

  Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

• twain5

  twain

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• wail1

  wail

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• wait1

  wait

  noun — A delay.

  verb — To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

  noun — An ambush.

  noun — One who watches; a watchman.

  noun — (in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

  noun — (in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]

• wall1

  wall

  noun — A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

  verb — To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

  verb — To boil.

  noun — A spring of water.

  noun — A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

  verb — To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• wand1

  wand

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• wanna5

  wanna

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• want1

  want

  noun — A desire, wish, longing.

  verb — To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.

  noun — (often followed by of) Lack, absence.

  noun — Poverty.

  noun — Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.

  noun — A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• watt1

  watt

  noun — In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• wildland8

  wildland

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