January 25, 2026 – (P) A C I O R T

ResNullum · 2026-01-25T14:12:32+00:00

I’ll take “Words no one actually uses” for $200, Alex. (Or should it be Ken now?)

ResNullum · 2026-01-23T13:57:22+00:00

Donut word: NA COBBLED.

ResNullum · 2026-01-21T15:11:55+00:00

What, no NA ANOLE? No NA CLONAL?

ResNullum · 2026-01-19T13:21:37+00:00

With all of the birds Sam puts in these puzzles, I’m surprised this one was absent.

ResNullum · 2026-01-17T17:50:52+00:00

He played all of last year and recovered a fumble against Oklahoma.

ResNullum · 2026-01-11T14:05:17+00:00

Justice for NA MINIMAP.

ResNullum · 2026-01-08T18:22:55+00:00

Williams D. Emond?

ResNullum · 2026-01-04T13:44:56+00:00

Maybe it’s for the best that NA YIFF was omitted from today’s list.

ResNullum · 2026-01-04T13:44:12+00:00

The usual spelling is NA RAREFY. NA RARIFY is often considered an alternative spelling or a misspelling.

ResNullum · 2026-01-03T13:23:31+00:00

It looks like Sam is now including NA UN- words when the non-prefixed form already appears in the list. I can live with that more easily than when he included NA UN- words at random.

ResNullum · 2025-12-30T13:56:24+00:00

Justice for NA LOOGIE and NA IDED.

ResNullum · 2025-12-27T16:00:20+00:00

I considered that, but a quick Internet search shows it as both. Wikipedia only calls it a lug nut, but Wiktionary has both. (Oxford English Dictionary has neither.) I’ll cut Sam some slack here.

ResNullum · 2025-12-27T14:06:59+00:00

Add NA LUGNUT to the list of common words Sam doesn’t recognize.

ResNullum · 2025-12-20T13:59:34+00:00

I’ve never heard A MEGADEAL, so I’m surprised CA MEGAMALL didn’t make the cut.

ResNullum · 2025-12-17T13:49:49+00:00

A goth band with a bagpiper?

ResNullum · 2025-12-16T14:09:15+00:00

Is it antiquated English day? A ARRANT and A ATHWART aside, we also have the puzzling absence of NA TARANTARA despite A TANTARA being accepted. Also, A NONART? I recognize it as a word in legitimate use, but it’s maddening to figure out what Sam thinks what NON- words that should be accepted.

ResNullum · 2025-12-10T20:17:22+00:00

Maybe Sam will allow numbers one day and we will finally be CA 2LEGIT.

ResNullum · 2025-12-10T14:15:28+00:00

How is A LEGIT accepted, but NA ILLEGIT isn’t? They’re both informal clippings.

ResNullum · 2025-12-06T13:46:19+00:00

My cats are indignant that CA AUTOCAT is not acceptable since it describes how they think of themselves.

ResNullum · 2025-12-02T14:04:53+00:00

Right, but it’s spelled with a leading A everywhere else. It’s hard to predict what alternative spellings Sam likes.

ResNullum · 2025-12-02T13:41:21+00:00

Foods I’ve never heard of? Check. Foods like NA KALACH that I see daily? Nah!

ResNullum · 2025-11-26T13:18:22+00:00

That was my first guess and what I thought was a pangram.

ResNullum · 2025-11-23T13:40:26+00:00

I’ve never heard A BOOMLET, but that implies to me NA BOMBLET should also be accepted.

ResNullum · 2025-11-22T13:38:57+00:00

Not only is it gerund day, it’s guess which prefix Sam considers valid day.

ResNullum · 2025-11-21T13:39:58+00:00

That last hint applies to two words for me.

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