Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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• aboard6

  aboard

  adverb — On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

  preposition — On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.

  adverb — On or onto a horse, a camel, etc.

  adverb — On base.

  adverb — Into a team, group, or company.

  adverb — Alongside.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• abroad6

  abroad

  noun — Countries or lands abroad.

  adverb — Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.

  preposition — Throughout, over.

  adverb — At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.

  adverb — Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.

  adverb — Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• adobo5

  adobo

  noun — A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.

  noun — A marinade.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• afar1

  afar

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  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• afford6

  afford

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• afro1

  afro

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• alfalfa7

  alfalfa

  noun — A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

  noun — A type or breed of this plant.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• aloof5

  aloof

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• arbor5

  arbor

  noun — A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.

  noun — An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.

  noun — A grove of trees.

  noun — A bar for supporting cutting tools.

  noun — A spindle of a wheel.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• ardor5

  ardor

  noun — Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

  noun — Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

  noun — Intense heat.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• baba1

  baba

  noun — A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

  noun — (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.

  noun — An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.

  noun — (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.

  noun — (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.

  noun — A baby, child.

  Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

• bald1

  bald

  noun — A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

  verb — To become bald.

  adjective — Having no hair, fur or feathers.

  adjective — (by extension) Denuded of any hair- or fur-like covering.

  adjective — Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

  adjective — (of a statement or account) Unembellished.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• ball1

  ball

  noun — A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

  noun — A round or ellipsoidal object.

  verb — To play basketball.

  noun — A very enjoyable time.

  verb — To form or wind into a ball.

  noun — A formal dance.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• ballad6

  ballad

  noun — A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

  verb — To make mention of in ballads.

  noun — A slow romantic song.

  verb — To compose or sing ballads.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• baobab6

  baobab

  noun — A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• barb1

  barb

  noun — The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.

  verb — To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

  noun — The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

  noun — A barbiturate.

  noun — A hurtful or disparaging remark.

  noun — A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

  Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

• bard1

  bard

  noun — A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

  noun — A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)

  verb — To cover a horse in defensive armor.

  noun — (by extension) A poet.

  noun — Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

  noun — A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• barf1

  barf

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• blab1

  blab

  verb — To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.

  noun — Gossip; prattle.

  noun — One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.

  Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

• boar1

  boar

  noun — A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

  noun — A male pig.

  noun — A male boar (sense 1).

  noun — A male bear.

  noun — A male guinea pig.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• board5

  board

  noun — A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

  verb — To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

  noun — A rebound.

  noun — A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

  noun — A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

  noun — Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• boba1

  boba

  noun — Short for boba tea.

  noun — A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.

  Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

• bola1

  bola

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  Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

• bollard7

  bollard

  noun — A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured.

  noun — A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• brad1

  brad

  noun — A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

  verb — To attach using a brad.

  noun — (elementary school usage) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

  verb — To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• broad5

  broad

  noun — A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

  adjective — Wide in extent or scope.

  noun — A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.

  noun — A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

  noun — A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.

  adjective — Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

  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 5 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 13 recorded puzzles.

• 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 6 recorded puzzles.

• drab1

  drab

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  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• fall1

  fall

  noun — The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

  verb — (heading) To be moved downwards.

  noun — The chasing of a hunted whale.

  noun — A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.

  noun — The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.

  noun — A loss of greatness or status.

  Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

• falloff7

  falloff

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• farad5

  farad

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• farro5

  farro

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• flab1

  flab

  noun — Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.

  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• floorboard17

  floorboard

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• flora5

  flora

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• floral6

  floral

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• foal1

  foal

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• fora1

  fora

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  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• labor5

  labor

  noun — Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.

  verb — To toil, to work.

  noun — That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

  noun — Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

  noun — A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.

  noun — The act of a mother giving birth.

  Appeared in 4 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 7 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 7 recorded puzzles.

• loaf1

  loaf

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• loofa5

  loofa

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• oddball7

  oddball

  noun — An eccentric or unusual person.

  adjective — Exotic, not mainstream.

  noun — A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

  Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

• offal5

  offal

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

• offload7

  offload

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• 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 12 recorded puzzles.

• 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 9 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 6 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 15 recorded puzzles.

• rollbar7

  rollbar

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  Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.