This
document contains a list, in alphabetic order, of words and phrases used
in competitions run on usenet newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords
Latest competitions:
Regular:
ACC (Araucaria Clueing Contest) 122;
CWC (Clue Writing Competition) 140;
PCWC (People's Clue Writing Competition)
94;
C5 4j;
Occasional:
KKKK (Karen's Kryptic Klueing Kontest) 1;
UCPP (Usenet Crossword Publishing Project)
A10;
TCCCC - words not included;
CDC (Cryptic Definition Competition) 3
NACC (Not American Clueing Competition)
2
In order to find if a word has been used
in a competition click on its initial letter in the index on the left.
Please note that UCPP words are only put
on the list once the winning word/clue combination has been chosen. Words
generally chosen by entrants (in later ACCs, CDCs and TCCCCs) are not included
in the list.
A
A SHOT IN THE DARK (ACC28)
AARDWOLF (CWC12)
ABRACADABRA (CWC81)
ABSOLUTE (PCWC63)
ACCRUAL (C5-1a)
ACE (ACC6)
ACHILLES (C5-1c)
ACROBAT (CWC110)
ADAM (C5-4f)
ADJECTIVE (CWC121)
ADMINISTER (PCWC6)
AD NAUSEAM (CWC127)
AFOREMENTIONED (UCPP-A)
on the AIR (C5-1e)
AKIMBO (CWC107)
ALIAS (C5-4e)
ALL SAINTS' DAY (ACC12)
ALTERNATE (CWC9)
AMPERSAND (C5-4a)
ANATHEMA (CWC83)
ANCHOVY (CWC76)
ANTHEMS (UCPP-A)
ANTHOLOGY (PCWC50)
ANTIGEN (C5-3h)
ANTONYM (C5-2g)
ANXIETY (C5-3b)
APATHETIC (CWC64)
APHRODITE (CWC78)
APOTHECARY (PCWC48)
APPOGIATURA (CWC106)
APRIL SHOWERS (PCWC85)
ARAUCARIA (ACC42)
ARCHIPELAGO (CWC40)
AROMA (UCPP-A)
AROUND (CWC20)
ARSENIC (CWC30)
ASBESTOS (CWC20)
ASININE (PCWC80)
ATTENTION (CWC123)
AUDIT (C5-3j)
AUGUST (CWC117)
AWAITS (C5-1e)
AZURE (CWC21)
B
BADINAGE (C5-4d)
BAMBI (UCPP-A)
BANDICOOT (CWC38)
BARONESS (ACC46)
BASEMENT (PCWC31)
BEANBAG (CWC112)
BEARING (CWC72)
BEDEVIL (CWC125)
BEELZEBUB (CWC47)
BENEFIT (CWC111)
BIRTHPLACE (CWC46)
BISHOP (PCWC87)
BLACK (CWC102)
BLACK HOLE (ACC44)
BLIZZARD (CWC34)
BLOCKHEAD (PCWC64)
OBYYBPXF (NACC3 - rot13'd)
BONAPARTE (C5-3e)
BOOKCASE (PCWC52)
BOOMERANG (CWC55)
BREAKFAST (PCWC58)
BRONZE (CWC122)
BUDGET (C5-4g)
BULLETIN (CWC55)
BULLWINKLE (CWC18)
BUTTE (C5-2i)
C
CALAMITY (PCWC46)
CALENDERS (CWC100)
CALLIPYGIAN (ACC15)
CANINES (PCWC61)
CAPE (CWC126)
CARDINAL (PCWC8)
CARGO (PCWC18)
CARICATURE (ACC26)
CAROL SINGER (CWC26)
CAROUSEL (PCWC20)
CARPENTER (CWC37)
CATACLYSM (CWC59)
CATASTROPHE (ACC8)
CENOTAPH (CWC46)
CENTER (PCWC56)
CHAFF (CWC49)
CHAGRIN (PCWC65)
CHARACTER (CWC80)
CHARADE (PCWC45)
CHASTE (ACC14)
CHASTITY (UCPP-A)
CHILDHOOD (CWC14)
CHINA (CWC19)
CHINCHILLA (CWC38)
CHOCOLATE (ACC4)
CHURCH (CWC116)
CLARINET (CWC33)
CLASSIFIED (PCWC44)
CLEVER (CWC136)
CLOUD (CWC34)
COAST (PCWC55)
COGITATE (C5-1d)
COLLECTED (CWC68)
COLOPHON (CWC15)
COME UP TO SCRATCH (ACC20)
CONCENTRATE (CWC41)
CONDIMENT (CWC13)
CONDUCT (CWC121)
CONGLOMERATE (CWC56)
CONSIDERABLE (CWC10)
CONSIDERATE (PCWC79)
CONSOLE (PCWC83)
CONTRACT (CWC61)
CONTROVERSIAL (ACC7)
CONVOLVULUS (CWC1)
CORDON (CWC74)
CORPSE (PCWC59)
CORROBORATE (CWC24)
COWARD (CWC109)
CROCUS (C5-4j)
CRUCIFY (CWC128)
CUNCTATION (CWC98)
CURTAILMENT (PCWC38)
CUT IN (C5-2j)
CYANIDE (CWC30)
CYCLONE (CWC58)
CYLINDER (CWC72)
D
DAHLIA (C5-1e)
DALMATIAN (CWC101)
DANDELION (PCWC40)
DATA PROCESSING (C5-3c)
DEADLINE (CWC95)
DEFICIT (CWC73)
DEGREE (CWC39)
DELIBERATE (PCWC17)
DELIVERY (CWC22)
DEMOCRATIC (PCWC1)
DEMOLISH (C5-4c)
DEMONSTRATE (CWC2)
DERANGED (PCWC78)
DERELICT (CWC63)
DESPITE (UCPP-A )
DETACHMENT (ACC35)
DIAERESIS (CWC66)
DIAMOND (CWC71)
DIAPHANOUS (CWC99)
DICTATE (C5-3j)
DIGEST (PCWC35)
DISASTER (PCWC25)
DISCRIMINATE (PCWC10)
DISPENSABILITY (C5-3a)
DISTINGUISHED (CWC62)
DISTRESS (CWC36)
DOG IN THE MANGER (CWC51)
DOG PADDLE (C5-3d)
DOUBLE ENTENDRE (ACC30)
DRAWERS (CWC89)
DROLL (CWC137)
DUSKY (C5-4j)
E
ECSTASY (CWC137)
EDITIONS (C5-2d)
ELABORATE (CWC11)
ELDERS (C5-4e)
ELECTS (UCPP-A)
ELEVATE (C5-3h)
EMINENCE (C5-4g)
EMPIRE (PCWC49)
EMPLOYMENT (CWC61)
EMPTY (C5-4b)
ENCOMIA (C5-3f)
ENFRANCHISE (ACC21)
ENGAGEMENT (ACC25)
ENIGMAS (CWC70)
ENLACED (C5-1h)
ENMITY (CWC90)
ENNUI (C5-2c)
ENSURE (C5-1g)
ENTERPRISE (CWC4)
EPEE (C5-2h)
EPICENE (UCPP-A)
EPIPHANY (CWC28)
ERAS (UCPP-A)
ERSATZ (CWC77)
ERUPTION (CWC124)
ESCORT (PCWC92)
EXACT (C5-3i)
EXEMPT (CWC16)
F
FACULTY (CWC13)
FAR EAST (CWC100)
FASCINATE (CWC57)
FEZ (CWC126)
FINISH (PCWC88)
FLAMINGO (PCWC86)
FLIBBERTIGIBBET (CWC22)
FLOUNDER (CWC5)
FOCI (C5-2b)
FOREPLAY (ACC16)
FORWARD (CWC96)
FRANTIC (CWC95)
FREQUENCY (PCWC11)
FRIENDLINESS (CWC43)
G
GALLERY (CWC71)
GAME SET AND MATCH (ACC29)
GARLIC (CWC76)
GASTRONOME (CWC43)
GENERATION (PCWC75)
GEYSER (C5-1i)
GODZILLA (C5-4c)
GOLDEN (CWC50)
GOSSIP (C5-1j)
GRATIFIED (C5-4d)
GREAT SEAL (C5-3d)
GREENLAND (C5-4g)
GROG-BLOSSOM (CWC69)
GROUNDS (PCWC37)
GRUESOME (C5-1d)
H
HALLOWEEN (CWC85)
HANDOUTS (UCPP-A)
HARMONY (PCWC51)
HARVEST (CWC44)
HATSTAND (NACC2)
HECTOR (PCWC84)
HELICOPTER (CWC29)
HELIX (CWC129)
HERCULEAN (CWC91)
HIBERNATE (CWC119)
HITCHHIKER (PCWC42)
HOMOLOGUE (CWC26)
HONG KONG (CWC19)
HORSEMAN (C5-2e)
HORSERADISH (ACC19)
I
ICED TEA (CWC8)
ICON (C5-1f)
IDEALS (C5-1j)
IDLENESS (UCPP-A)
IMPEACHMENT (PCWC90)
INAUGURATE (PCWC9)
INBRED (UCPP-A)
INCANDESCENT (ACC44)
INCLUDE (PCWC76)
INDIRECT OBJECT (C5-3a)
INEBRIATED (ACC17)
INFERTILE (C5-2f)
INFINITESIMAL (CWC138)
INFORMAL (C5-4i)
INFORMATION (CWC114)
INGENUOUS (CWC31)
INGRAINED (CWC98)
INHERITANCE (PCWC62)
INIMICAL (C5-4d)
INTEGRAL (C5-1c)
INTEGRATED (CWC6)
INTERNET (UCPP-A)
INTRANSIGENT (CWC105)
ISLAND (UCPP-A)
ITINERARY (CWC42)
J
JEHOVAH (CWC136)
JERK (CWC5)
JOURNEY (CWC57)
JUPITER (CWC59)
JUXTAPOSE (CWC11)
K
KARAOKE (CWC4)
KAZOO (CWC33)
KISSER (C5-4e)
KITTEN (PCWC14)
KNUCKLE (CWC10)
KOOKABURRA (CWC27)
KUMQUAT (CWC67)
L
LAMENTS (C5-3e)
LANDSLIDE (PCWC4)
LAUNCH (PCWC66)
LEAP YEAR (PCWC54)
LECTERN (CWC60)
LEGERDEMAIN (ACC46)
LEMON (CWC36)
LIGATURE (CWC74)
LILAC (PCWC57)
LITOTES (CWC130)
LODGES (PCWC43)
LOINCLOTH (C5-2c)
M
MACEDONIA (PCWC5)
MACINTOSH (CWC117)
MACROBIOTIC (CWC29)
MADRIGALIST (PCWC26)
MAESTRO (C5-2d)
MAINTENANCE (ACC31)
MALAYSIA (CWC84)
MALICE (CWC32)
MANIFEST (CWC56)
MARDI GRAS (C5-2e)
MARGINAL (CWC111)
MARMALADE (PCWC19)
MARSUPIAL (ACC5)
MASTERSTROKE (CWC109)
MEASURE (ACC34)
MECHANICAL (CWC87)
MEMORIAL (PCWC72)
METONYMY (PCWC30)
MIDWINTER (CWC88)
MIEN (C5-1g)
MINISTRY (CWC68)
MINOTAUR (C5-4f)
MINUET (CWC106)
MISTLETOE (CWC140)
MISANTHROPE (CWC48)
MISCREATION (CWC12)
MODERATE (CWC7)
MONITOR (CWC79)
MONKEY-PUZZLE TREE (ACC18)
MONSIGNOR (CWC103)
MORTISED (UCPP-A)
MOTIVE (CWC40)
MOUSETRAP (CWC1)
N
NAMELESS (C5-2b)
NATIVITY (CWC88)
ad NAUSEAM (CWC127)
NAVIGATOR (PCWC89)
NEGATIVE (PCWC34)
NEPOTISM (CWC82)
NIGGARD (C5-3c)
NINETEEN (CWC23)
NINETIES (PCWC94)
NOISILY (C5-2j)
NOISOMELY (C5-2h)
NOMINEE (C5-3i)
NON SEQUITUR (CWC120)
NORMALIZE (CWC86)
NOTABLY (CWC54)
NUMBER (PCWC82)
NUPTIAL (CWC39)
O
OBESITY (ACC11)
OBLITERATION (C5-1a)
OBSERVED (CWC78)
OCCULT (CWC94)
OPHELIA (ACC1)
ONE-HANDED (C5-3f)
ONSLAUGHT (PCWC71)
ON THE AIR (C5-1e)
ON THE TAPIS (CWC108)
ON TOAST (UCPP-A)
ONUS (C5-2j)
OPUSES (UCPP-A)
ORAL (C5-4b)
ORANGUTAN (CWC132)
ORCHESTRA (CWC35)
ORDINANCE (PCWC22)
ORGANISM (PCWC53)
ORIENTEERING (CWC94)
OSTRICH (C5-1d)
OVER THE HILL (ACC33)
P
dog PADDLE (C5-3d)
PANDEMONIUM (ACC24)
PARACHUTE (CWC127)
PARAGON (CWC77)
PARANOIA (CWC6)
PARETIC (UCPP-A)
PARTICIPATE (CWC52)
PASSIONATELY (CWC64)
PASTIME (PCWC91)
PASTORAL (PCWC81)
PATHOGEN (CWC47)
PAUCITY (CWC92)
PEDANT (NACC1)
PEDESTRIAN (CWC21)
PENGUIN (CWC115)
PERSIFLAGE (CWC60)
PHANTASM (PCWC12)
PHARMACY (PCWC68)
PICARESQUE (CWC15)
PIERCING (CWC25)
PIRATES (CWC3)
PISTACHIO (CWC3)
PITCH (CWC104)
PLATEAUS (C5-1c)
PLEASANTRY (CWC121)
PLECTRUM (CWC113)
PLIANT (C5-1h)
POISONED (C5-4f)
PONDER (C5-4i)
PONTIFF (C5-3e)
POSSESSION (CWC135)
POTENTIAL (CWC114)
PRECARIOUS (CWC104)
PRECIPITATE (CWC89)
PREDICAMENT (PCWC93)
PREHISTORIC (PCWC16)
PREROGATIVE (CWC42)
PRIDE (ACC3)
PRIMROSE (C5-2g)
PRINCIPAL (CWC24)
PRINCIPALITIES (C5-2)
PRISMAL (C5-3g)
PROPER (ACC27)
PROPONENT (PCWC41)
PROSECUTE (PCWC47)
PUMPKIN (CWC85)
Q
QUAGMIRE (CWC103)
QUANTUM (CWC87)
QUARTZ (C5-4a)
QUESTION (C5-4b)
QUIBBLE (CWC125)
QUINQUAGENARIAN (CWC50)
QUIVERS (CWC97)
R
RAINCOAT (CWC101)
RANDOM-NUMBER GENERATOR (ACC40)
RASPBERRY (CWC134)
RATER (CWC116)
RATTLESNAKE (CWC49)
RAVEN (CWC53)
REACTIONARY (PCWC39)
RECAPITULATE (PCWC2)
RECORD (CWC86)
REFERENCE (CWC124)
REFRAIN (CWC32)
REFUSE (CWC75)
REIGNED (C5-2f)
REINCARNATION (PCWC29)
RENAISSANCE (CWC90)
RERUN (CWC67)
RESERVOIR (PCWC67)
RESOLUTION (CWC28)
RESTRAIN (CWC63)
RHEUMATISM (CWC79)
RHYTHM (CWC9)
RIGHT (PCWC15)
ROCK MUSIC (C5-4j)
ROCKY (CWC18)
RODEO (C5-2e)
ROISTER (UCPP-A)
ROMANCE (ACC38)
RUMINATE (PCWC28)
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (CWC51)
RUSTLE (CWC52)
S
SAGE (C5-4i)
SASHES (UCPP-A)
SATSUMA (C5-3g)
SATURNINE (CWC131)
SAUSAGES (C5-1j)
SCALLOP (C5-1c)
SCAPEGOAT (PCWC3)
SCHERZO (CWC2)
SCOWL (C5-3g)
SCREAM (CWC65)
SCROFULA (CWC139)
SCUBA (CWC45)
SCYTHE (C5-2c)
SEASCAPE (C5-1b)
SEESAW (C5-1h)
SELECT (PCWC23)
SELF-EMPLOYMENT (C5-3b)
SEPARATE (ACC13)
non SEQUITUR (CWC120)
SEVENTY-THREE (PCWC73)
SFORZANDO (PCWC13)
SHALLOW (ACC32)
SHANGRI-LA (CWC48)
SHANTY (CWC69)
SHILLING (ACC128)
SHOCKED (CWC8)
SHOESTRING (CWC112)
a SHOT IN THE DARK (ACC28)
SHRIVELLED (CWC133)
SICKEN (ACC43)
SILVER LINING (CWC115)
SINGLE (PCWC69)
SINISTER (UCPP-A)
SLANG (CWC82)
SLIDE RULE (CWC93)
SMOKING (CWC62)
SNAPSHOT (PCWC33)
SNORKEL (CWC45)
SNOWFLAKE (PCWC24)
SOFTWARE (ACC10)
SOLACE (CWC135)
SOLSTICE (CWC140)
SOLUTION (CWC41)
SOLUTION (ACC50)
SOPRANO (CWC44)
SPACECRAFT (CWC65)
SPATULA (C5-3d)
SPECTACLE (CWC31)
SPELL (PCWC60)
SPELLBOUND (C5-2b)
SPEND (C5-2i)
SPICK AND SPAN (C5-1a)
SPHINX (CWC105)
SPRAINED (PCWC36)
SPRING (CWC75)
SQUEEZE (CWC17)
STAGE DIRECTIONS (UCPP-A)
STANCE (CWC107)
STANDOUT or STAND OUT (CWC110)
STATE OF GRACE (CWC25)
STATUS (UCPP-A)
STEALTH (C5-1b)
STEAM (C5-3h)
STENTORIAN (CWC113)
STERN (CWC97)
STERNUM (C5-4h)
STOCK CAR (C5-1b)
STOP (PCWC70)
STORE DETECTIVE (UCPP-A)
STRAFE (C5-1f)
STRAITS (C5-1g)
STRANGER (CWC8)
STRATAGEM (CWC17)
STRENGTH (CWC134)
STRIPTEASE (CWC108)
SUBLIME (C5-3a)
SUBTERFUGE (PCWC27)
SULLEN (CWC14)
SUNBATHER (ACC9)
SUNFLOWER (CWC58)
SUNNY (CWC84)
SURFACE (CWC120)
SUSURRUS (CWC131)
SVELTE (CWC123)
SYBARITE (CWC83)
SYMPHONY (CWC35)
T
TACIT (C5-2d)
on the TAPIS (CWC108)
TARNISHED (CWC129)
TATTOO (CWC99)
TAXICAB (C5-3b)
TELEPHONE (PCWC32)
TEMPERATE (ACC22)
TEMPESTUOUSNESS (UCPP-A)
TENDERER (C5-4h)
TENSILE (C3-5i)
THEATRICS (CWC102)
THEME (CWC138)
THERAPEUTIC (ACC43)
THRENODY (C5-4a)
THWART (CWC93)
TIGHTER (C5-1i)
on TOAST (UCPP-A)
TOBACCO (C5-3f)
TOUCAN (CWC81)
TRADE (CWC73)
TRANSATLANTIC (CWC92)
TRANSEPT (C5-2g)
TRANSPARENT (CWC27)
TRANSPORT (CWC119)
TREPIDATION (CWC70)
TRYING (C5-4c)
TSUNAMI (C5-3c)
TUBA (C5-2i)
TYRO (UCPP-A)
U
UMBRAS (C5-2f)
UNDERPANTS (C5-2a)
UNIDIRECTIONAL (C5-2a)
UNIMPORTANCE (CWC54)
UNREQUITED (CWC7)
URSINE (C5-4h)
USELESSLY (UCPP-A)
USURER (C5-1j)
V
VALETUDINARIAN (ACC2)
VANILLA (CWC130)
VELOCIPEDE (CWC132)
VODKA (CWC37)
VOLLEYED (C5-2h)
VOLUME CONTROL (CWC66)
VOLUNTEER (ACC36)
W
WAGGLE (CWC96)
WATERING (C5-1f)
WEATHERED (CWC16)
WEDDED BLISS (CWC139)
WHITHER (CWC133)
WISTFUL (PCWC7)
WITHOUT A CLUE (ACC23)
WOODSTOCK (ACC49)
WOODY ALLEN (PCWC21)
WRITING DESK (CWC53)
X
XENON (CWC91)
Y
YEASTY (PCWC 74)
YELLOW (PCWC 77)
Z
ZEUGMA (CWC80)
Miscellaneous Subjects
8 letter AELINORSTU (ACC64)
9 letter Araucaria (ACC71)
A set of five words (ACC41)
A = B anagrammed (ACC57)
Alternating hidden word (ACC54)
Alternating vowels and consonants (ACC111)
Antonym (ACC77)
Automotive surface (ACC91)
Beatles (ACC75)
Botanical surface (ACC84)
Brush up your Shakespeare (ACC114)
Causal relationship (ACC78)
Chosen by entrants (ACC47,ACC60,ACC39,ACC52,ACC48,ACC45,ACC37,ACC58,ACC105)
Classic lost line (ACC85)
Classical myth (ACC72)
Clear Contradiction (ACC98)
Coin a Phrase (ACC113)
Compound fracture (ACC120)
Culture (Cryptic definition) (CDC1)
Double Entendre (ACC61)
Enumeration (ACC74)
Fancy-Dress (ACC69)
Fast food (ACC53)
Final exam (ACC56)
Finished crossword (ACC87)
Food/drink (ACC70)
Foreign (ACC67)
Hail to the Initial Letter (ACC107)
Heartless (ACC59)
Historical/fiction (ACC62)
Indirect (ACC80)
Indirect anagram (ACC83)
International Doubles (ACC104)
Loanwords (ACC122)
Magnificent Seven (ACC68)
Misprunts (ACC96)
Missing word (ACC93)
Mistaken definition (ACC88)
Music Everywhere (ACC108)
Nautical (ACC73)
New Math(s) (ACC97)
Noel, No-L (ACC121)
Non-ordinary cryptic (ACC76)
Olympic countries (ACC86)
Opposites attract (ACC109)
Predefined 7x7 grid (ACC90)
Printer's devilry (ACC63)
Proper Names (KKKK-1)
Rhyming clue (ACC51)
Rhyming lights (ACC116)
Romantic (ACC94)
ROT-ting away (ACC102)
Science Fiction (ACC95)
Seasonal Celebration (CDC3)
Shakespeare (ACC66)
Shake ups (ACC115)
So thereE (ACC112)
Spoonerisms (ACC117)
S_L__E misprint (ACC55)
Talking like a peer (ACC110)
Technical hitches (ACC118)
Three clue types (ACC89)
Time for Reflection (ACC103)
Trick or treat (ACC119)
TV (ACC65)
Two dimensions (ACC82)
Two letter defn. (ACC92)
Valentine's day (ACC79)
Verse (ACC81)
Weather (CDC2)
Ye Classic (Ninety-)Nine (ACC99)
Your Name in Light (ACC106)
&lit(erary) (ACC100)
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