Monday, October 5, 2026

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• arrival7

  arrival

  noun — The act of arriving or something that has arrived.

  noun — The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.

  noun — A person who has arrived.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• avail5

  avail

  noun — Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).

  verb — To turn to the advantage of.

  noun — Proceeds; profits from business transactions.

  noun — An advertising slot or package.

  noun — A press avail.

  noun — Non-binding notice of availability for work.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• avatar6

  avatar

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• aviator7

  aviator

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• larva5

  larva

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• larval6

  larval

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• lava1

  lava

  noun — The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.

  noun — Magma.

  noun — A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.

  Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

• oval1

  oval

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• ravioli7

  ravioli

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• rival5

  rival

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• travail7

  travail

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• trivia6

  trivia

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  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• trivial7

  trivial

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• valor5

  valor

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• vial1

  vial

  noun — A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.

  verb — To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• villa5

  villa

  noun — (plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.

  noun — (plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached, in a middle class street.

  noun — (plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.

  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• viol1

  viol

  noun — A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.

  verb — To play the viol.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• viola5

  viola

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• violator15

  violator

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• viral5

  viral

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  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• vital5

  vital

  adjective — Relating to, or characteristic of life.

  adjective — Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

  adjective — Invigorating or life-giving.

  adjective — Necessary to continued existence.

  adjective — Relating to the recording of life events.

  adjective — Very important.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• vitriol7

  vitriol

  noun — Sulphuric acid and various metal sulphates.

  verb — To subject to bitter verbal abuse.

  noun — (by extension) Bitterly abusive language.

  verb — To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.

  verb — To vitriolize.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• voila5

  voila

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• volt1

  volt

  noun — In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

  noun — A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.

  noun — A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.