PORRIDGE
A thick, soft food made by boiling oats or another grain in water or milk.
Other meanings and uses
- In informal British usage, time served in prison can be called porridge.
Definitions of the day · 2026-09-13
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All 16 words, explained without the answers.
Use these definitions to clarify an unfamiliar entry while solving. The words remain in their original board order, and the notes do not sort them or identify answer relationships.
GARFIELD
A family name and, less commonly, a masculine personal name.
Other meanings and uses
- GARFIELD is also used as the name of places, schools and other institutions.
DROOPY
Hanging or bending downward in a loose, tired or unsupported way.
Other meanings and uses
- It can describe a gloomy, dejected or low-spirited appearance.
EMPTY
Containing nothing, or containing none of what is normally expected.
Other meanings and uses
- As a verb, it means to remove the contents of something.
- It can describe a place with no people in it.
HEATHCLIFF
A masculine personal name best known from literary and fictional use.
Other meanings and uses
- It is the name of a central character in the novel Wuthering Heights.
EXCESS
An amount beyond what is necessary, usual, permitted or desirable.
Other meanings and uses
- As an adjective, it describes something additional or above a limit.
- The phrase “to excess” means to an immoderate degree.
GRANT
To formally give, allow or agree to something that has been requested.
Other meanings and uses
- A grant is money awarded for a particular purpose.
- The verb can mean to concede that a point is true.
SLACK
Loose and not pulled tight, especially when describing rope or fabric.
Other meanings and uses
- It can mean a period of reduced activity or demand.
- As a noun, slack can mean unused time or spare capacity.
- It can describe insufficient care, effort or discipline.
ODIE
A personal name or nickname, often used as a familiar short form.
Other meanings and uses
- It may function as a diminutive of longer names beginning with Od-.
PARAMOUNT
More important, influential or significant than anything else under consideration.
Other meanings and uses
- It can mean supreme or highest in rank, authority or effect.
SAGGING
Sinking, drooping or hanging downward because of weight or lost support.
Other meanings and uses
- Figuratively, it can describe weakening prices, energy or confidence.
- It is the present-participle and adjective form of sag.
MADISON
A personal name used both as a surname and as a given name.
Other meanings and uses
- MADISON is also used in the names of numerous towns, streets and institutions.
FLACCID
Soft, limp or lacking the firmness and stiffness normally expected.
Other meanings and uses
- Figuratively, it can describe language or action that seems weak and ineffective.
KEWPIE
A small, plump doll or illustrated figure traditionally shown with a topknot.
Other meanings and uses
- The word is commonly used attributively in the phrase “kewpie doll.”
CLEVELAND
A major city in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie.
Other meanings and uses
- CLEVELAND is also an established family name and masculine given name.
DOUBLESPEAK
Language deliberately phrased to obscure, distort or disguise the truth.
Other meanings and uses
- The term is generally uncountable and often appears in discussions of evasive public language.