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calenture (11 points)
Sunstroke, in medical parlance.
C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
calibrate (13 points)
Adjust (gauge for accuracy)
Determine the capacity of
Mark a scale to use in taking readings
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
canebrake (17 points)
Thicket of a sort
Bamboo thicket
Southern thicket
C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
carbamate (15 points)
CARBAMATE
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
carbamide (16 points)
The technical name for urea.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
carbazole (22 points)
""(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C 12 H 9 N Also called diphenylenimine [daɪˌfiːnaɪˈlɛnɪmiːn] CARBONADE (Cookery) a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer""
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+Z·10+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 22 pts
carbonade (14 points)
(Cookery) a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
carbonate (13 points)
Add bubbles to
To make soda water.
Add fizz to
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
carbonize (22 points)
To cover (an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
carbuncle (15 points)
Large pimple on face or neck
Sort of boil; a gem
Stone from eruption
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
carburise (13 points)
CARBURISE
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
carburize (22 points)
To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
caressive (14 points)
CARESS to touch lovingly
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
carnitine (11 points)
A betaine commonly occurring in the liver and in skeletal muscle that functions in fatty acid transport across mitochondrial membranes.
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
carnivore (14 points)
T. Rex, for one
Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe!
Lion or tiger, for example
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
carnotite (11 points)
An ore of uranium
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
carronade (12 points)
""A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.""
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
cartelise (11 points)
CARTEL a business organization
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cartelize (20 points)
CARTEL a business organization
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
cartilage (12 points)
Flexible connective tissue
Connective tissue of the human body
Kind of bone
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
cartouche (16 points)
Oblong in Egyptian hieroglyphs
Tablet in scroll form
Any scroll-shaped ornament.
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 16 pts
cartridge (13 points)
Credit rag (anagram)
Sort of paper-round (wordplay)
Sort of paper round (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
casserole (11 points)
Dish (served in a dish of the same name)
Dish for bad loser in lawsuit (wordplay)
Church-supper dish
C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cassimere (13 points)
""A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.""
C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cathedrae (15 points)
Cathedra
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
cauterize (20 points)
Burn, as a wound
Burn with a hot iron
Sear with a corrosive
C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
celebrate (13 points)
Have a party, say
Mark (a birthday)
Publicly praise (someone)
C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cellarage (12 points)
Charge for storing (wine?)
Certain storage charge
Cost of storing wine
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
centriole (11 points)
""One of two small cylindrical cell organelles composes of nine triplet microtubules, which form the asters during mitosis.""
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cercariae (13 points)
Cercaria
C·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cerebrate (13 points)
Have an idea
Think hard
Just think how to get the beer into the crate
C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
certitude (12 points)
A feeling of conviction, given rectitude
You can't predict the weather with this
Feeling of surety
C·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
cerussite (11 points)
""Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.""
C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chaperone (16 points)
Parent at the prom, say
Teacher at a dance, say
Guardian could be no cheaper
C·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
charlotte (14 points)
Did Bates report her quarrel (wordplay)
Queen of puddings (wordplay)
She's a tart - but deep!
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
charmeuse (16 points)
A satin-finished silk fabric.
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
chaussure (14 points)
A foot covering of any kind.
C·3+H·4+A·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
chevelure (17 points)
Head of hair
C·3+H·4+E·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 pts
chickaree (20 points)
Red squirrel named for the sound it makes
C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 20 pts
chinaware (17 points)
Gift for the second wedding anniversary.
Chopsticks (wordplay)
Feature informed on Delft art
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 pts
chloracne (16 points)
An acnelike skin disorder caused by prolonged exposure to chlorinated hydrocarbons.
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
chlordane (15 points)
""A colorless, odorless, viscous liquid, C 10 H 6 Cl 8 , used as an insecticide. It may be toxic to humans and wildlife as a result of its effect on the nervous system.""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chondrite (15 points)
A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.
C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chondrule (15 points)
""A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites. chondrites.""
C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chronaxie (21 points)
""Pl. chronaxies The minimum interval of time necessary to electrically stimulate a muscle or nerve fiber, using twice the minimum current needed to elicit a threshold response.""
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+E·1 = 21 pts
chronicle (16 points)
Account of important events
(Make a) historical record
Narrative description of past events
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
cicatrize (22 points)
Form a scar
C·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
cigarette (12 points)
& 9 Smoking accommodation (wordplay)
Not a patch on wanting one (wordplay)
Smoke under fire.
C·3+I·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
circinate (13 points)
""Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.""
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
circulate (13 points)
Move around (at a function)
Move around (at a party)
Make to go round, in a curve perhaps
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cisternae (11 points)
Cisterna
C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 11 pts
clathrate (14 points)
Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.
C·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
clearable (13 points)
Like easy high jump settings
C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
clearance (13 points)
Official permission (for an action)
Eviction from lands
Right of passage
C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
cockhorse (20 points)
'Ride a ......... to Banbury Cross'
Ride it 2 across, by the sound of it (wordplay)
'Ride a . . . . . . . . . from Banbury Cross'
C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
coculture (13 points)
CULTURE to cultivate
C·3+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
coercible (15 points)
Not totally unyielding
C·3+O·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
cofeature (14 points)
FEATURE to present prominently
C·3+O·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
coherence (16 points)
Study secures present church agreement
Make what you mean clear with this
Sticking together once cheer erupted
C·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
colorable (13 points)
Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
colubrine (13 points)
Like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.
C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
commodore (16 points)
Naval rank junior to rear-admiral
Star Trek bigwig
Perry's title
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
composure (15 points)
Tranquillity of old city shown in design
State of calmness
Write about ancient city's tranquillity
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
concierge (14 points)
Porter, caretaker (esp. Fr.)
Residential block porter
Doorkeeper, in France
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
concourse (13 points)
Route to prison (wordplay)
Way to prison (wordplay)
Large area in, eg, railway station
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
confervae (17 points)
Conferva
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+E·1 = 17 pts
configure (15 points)
Set up company with new person
Set up argument against human form
Assemble, as a computer system
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
confiture (14 points)
Fruit preserves
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
conscribe (15 points)
Prison record keeper (wordplay)
Enlist new son, symbol of 8, into church
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 15 pts
cooperage (14 points)
There's a barrel of work for one in this
17 across after C comes from here
Where to buy kegs
C·3+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
cooperate (13 points)
Be one of a team of surgeons (wordplay)
How surgeons work together (wordplay)
Act jointly with others.
C·3+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
coproduce (16 points)
PRODUCE to bring into existence
C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
coprolite (13 points)
A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.
C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
coralline (11 points)
Like many reefs
Pinky knackered in the middle
Type of atoll composition.
C·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
corbeille (13 points)
A sculptured basket of flowers or fruits used as an architectural ornament.
C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
corncrake (17 points)
Elusive grassland bird
Bird with rasping cry
Secretive grassland bird
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
corollate (11 points)
""Krllt, Corollated Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.""
C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
corporate (13 points)
Like Bonds in business (wordplay)
Kind of takeover
Relating to a large group; united
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
corpuscle (15 points)
White or red
Cruel cops sabotaged cell
Component of blood
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
corrasive (14 points)
Corrosive.
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
correlate (11 points)
Make a connection between (things)
Do a statistician's job
One of a pair
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
corrosive (14 points)
Caustic about Ivor's broken heart
Caustic and destructive
Destroying by chemical action
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
corrugate (12 points)
Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cortisone (11 points)
New drug for arthritis.
Steroid developed nice torso
Miraculous new remedy for arthritis.
C·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
coruscate (13 points)
Gleam in flashes
Sparkle as American chap in central part
Glance confusing to accuser
C·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
corymbose (18 points)
""Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form.""
C·3+O·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+B·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 18 pts
cotrustee (11 points)
A joint trustee.
C·3+O·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
courgette (12 points)
Variety of marrow
Zucchini is its American equivalent
Small green vegetable
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
courtside (12 points)
""The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball.""
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
coverable (16 points)
COVER to spread something over
C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
coverture (14 points)
Shelter.
Shelter
C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cowardice (17 points)
Lack of courage
Severe lack of courage
Timidity - lack of courage
C·3+O·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
cramoisie (13 points)
Cramoisy Crimson.
C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+E·1 = 13 pts
crankcase (17 points)
Crotchety engine feature (wordplay)
What gets the shaft (wordplay)
Trial of a grouch (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 pts
creamware (16 points)
Off-white pottery
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
crenulate (11 points)
""Krnlt, Crenulated Minutely crenate.""
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
crepitate (13 points)
Make a crackling noise.
Rattle stone that's found outside
What it swallowed at last could be crackling
C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
crepuscle (15 points)
""Krpss'l, Crepuscule Twilight.""
C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
criminate (13 points)
Charge with an offense
C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
crinoline (11 points)
Councillor in old cord skirt (wordplay)
Does my bum look big in this (wordplay)
Does her bum look big in this (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
criticise (13 points)
Find fault with
Point out problems or mistakes
Is it Circe who turned to find fault (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
criticize (22 points)
Dress down
Carp
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
crocodile (14 points)
Alarm clock swallower in "Peter Pan"
Captain Hook's nemesis
Large aquatic reptile
C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
croquette (20 points)
Deep-fried dish
A fried roll of potato
Dish fried in breadcrumbs
C·3+R·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
crossable (13 points)
What the Delaware was, Christmas, 1776.
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
crosswise (14 points)
Transversely
Transversely.
Contrarily
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
croustade (12 points)
""Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.""
C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
crushable (16 points)
Flimsy cord around basket material
C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
cryoprobe (18 points)
A surgical instrument used to apply extreme cold to tissues during cryosurgery.
C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 18 pts
cryoscope (18 points)
An instrument for measuring freezing and melting points.
C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 18 pts
curbstone (13 points)
Road block (wordplay)
Part of the street scene.
Part of the sidewalk scene.
C·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
curettage (12 points)
Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette.
C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
curtilage (12 points)
Garden - short one, where gale is raging
C·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
curvature (14 points)
Degree of bending
The bending
Continual bending
C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts

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Enter letters or a pattern, optionally pick a dictionary, and we'll find every valid word matching your criteria. Results show with point scores, definitions, and clickable details.

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Word lists are updated monthly to track new tournament dictionary editions. Clue corpora are refreshed quarterly from public crossword archives.

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