Sunday, July 12, 2026

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• akin1

  akin

  adjective — (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

  adjective — (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• awake5

  awake

  adjective — Not asleep; conscious.

  verb — To become conscious after having slept.

  verb — To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

  adjective — (by extension) Alert, aware.

  verb — To excite or to stir up something latent.

  verb — To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

• awaken6

  awaken

  verb — To become conscious after having slept.

  verb — To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

  verb — To excite or to stir up something latent.

  verb — To stop sleeping; awake.

  verb — To cause to become awake.

  verb — To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.

• awakening16

  awakening

  noun — The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.

  noun — Being roused into action or activity.

  adjective — Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting

  verb — To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.

  verb — To cause to become awake.

  verb — To stop sleeping; awake.

• awaking7

  awaking

  verb — To become conscious after having slept.

  verb — To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

  noun — The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.

  verb — To excite or to stir up something latent.

  verb — To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

  verb — To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

• eking5

  eking

  verb — Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

  noun — The act or process of adding.

  noun — That which is added.

  noun — A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another.

• gawk1

  gawk

  verb — To stare or gape stupidly.

  verb — To stare conspicuously.

  noun — A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.

  noun — A cuckoo.

• gawking7

  gawking

  verb — To stare or gape stupidly.

  verb — To stare conspicuously.

• geek1

  geek

  noun — A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.

  noun — (by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

  noun — The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks; geekness.

  noun — An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

  noun — A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

  verb — To behave geekishly or in a socially awkward manner, especially when under the influence of drugs or other psycho-active substances, and exhibiting such marked characteristics as hyperactivity, repetitiveness, talkativeness, nervousness, irritability, or paranoia.

• geeking7

  geeking

  verb — To behave geekishly or in a socially awkward manner, especially when under the influence of drugs or other psycho-active substances, and exhibiting such marked characteristics as hyperactivity, repetitiveness, talkativeness, nervousness, irritability, or paranoia.

  verb — To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

• inking6

  inking

  verb — To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.

  verb — To sign (a contract or similar document).

  verb — To apply a tattoo to (someone).

  noun — An application of ink.

  noun — Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.

  verb — (of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• keen1

  keen

  adjective — Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.

  adjective — Having a fine edge or point; sharp.

  adjective — Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.

  adjective — Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.

  adjective — Fierce, intense, vehement.

  adjective — Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• keening7

  keening

  noun — Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake

  adjective — Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.

  verb — To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.

  verb — To utter a keen.

  verb — To mourn.

  noun — (by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.

• king1

  king

  noun — A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.

  noun — A powerful or majorly influential person.

  noun — A component of certain games.

  noun — A king-sized bed.

  noun — Something that has a preeminent position.

  verb — To crown king, to make (a person) king.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• kinging7

  kinging

  verb — To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.

  verb — To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.

  verb — To dress and perform as a drag king.

  verb — To crown king, to make (a person) king.

  verb — To rule over as king.

  verb — To perform the duties of a king.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• kink1

  kink

  noun — A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.

  noun — A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.

  noun — Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.

  verb — To form a kink or twist.

  verb — To be formed into a kink or twist.

  noun — An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• kinking7

  kinking

  verb — To form a kink or twist.

  verb — To be formed into a kink or twist.

  verb — To laugh loudly.

  verb — To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• kiwi1

  kiwi

  noun — A kiwi fruit.

  noun — A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.

  noun — A New Zealander.

  noun — A New Zealand dollar.

  noun — A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi flesh (also called kiwi green).

  noun — A member of the air force who does not fly.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• knee1

  knee

  noun — In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

  noun — The part of a garment that covers the knee.

  noun — An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

  verb — To poke or strike with the knee.

  verb — To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

  noun — A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

  Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

• kneeing7

  kneeing

  verb — To poke or strike with the knee.

  verb — To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

  noun — A blow made with the knee

  verb — To kneel to.

• knew1

  knew

  verb — To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.

  verb — To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

  verb — To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

  verb — To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.

  verb — To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.

  verb — To experience.

• nankeen7

  nankeen

  noun — A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.

  Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

• wake1

  wake

  verb — (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

  verb — (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

  noun — The act of waking, or state of being awake.

  noun — The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.

  noun — A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.

  noun — The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.

• waken5

  waken

  verb — To wake or rouse from sleep.

  verb — To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.

• wakening15

  wakening

  noun — The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.

  verb — To wake or rouse from sleep.

  verb — To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.

• waking6

  waking

  adjective — Occurring during wakefulness.

  verb — (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

  verb — (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

  noun — The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.

  verb — To be or remain awake; not to sleep.

  verb — To be alert; to keep watch

• weak1

  weak

  adjective — Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

  adjective — Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.

  adjective — Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.

  adjective — Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.

  adjective — Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.

  adjective — Lacking in vigour or expression.

• weaken6

  weaken

  verb — To make weaker or less strong.

  verb — To become weaker or less strong.

• weakening16

  weakening

  noun — An instance or process of loss of strength.

  verb — To make weaker or less strong.

  verb — To become weaker or less strong.

  noun — A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.

• week1

  week

  noun — Any period of seven consecutive days.

  noun — A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.

  noun — Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.

  noun — A period of five days beginning with Monday.

  noun — A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.

• wiki1

  wiki

  noun — A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

  verb — To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

  verb — To contribute to a wiki.

  verb — To participate in the wiki-based production of.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• wink1

  wink

  noun — An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.

  verb — To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

  noun — A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

  verb — Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.

  verb — To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

  verb — To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

  Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

• winking7

  winking

  verb — To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

  noun — The act of someone who winks.

  verb — Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.

  verb — To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

  verb — To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.