CURIOSITY
A strong desire to learn, know, investigate, or understand something unfamiliar.
Other meanings and uses
- An unusual or interesting object that attracts attention because it is rare or strange.
Definitions of the day · 2026-10-28
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A board-order glossary of ordinary meanings and established uses, written without identifying any puzzle categories or answer sets.
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All 16 words, explained without the answers.
Use these definitions to clarify unfamiliar or ambiguous board entries without revealing which words belong together. The entries remain in the puzzle’s original order and avoid answer-specific specialist senses.
ROUT
A disorderly retreat or decisive defeat in which one side is overwhelmed.
Other meanings and uses
- As a verb, to defeat an opponent completely and convincingly.
- To force someone or something out of a hiding place.
SUBJECT
The person, thing, issue, or idea being discussed, studied, written about, or depicted.
Other meanings and uses
- In grammar, the sentence element that typically performs or experiences the action.
- A person governed by a monarch or another sovereign authority.
- As an adjective, dependent upon or likely to experience a stated condition.
ATTRACTION
A quality or feeling that draws attention, interest, affection, or desire toward someone or something.
Other meanings and uses
- A place, activity, or feature that people visit for enjoyment.
- A force that draws physical objects or particles toward one another.
ATTACHMENT
A strong emotional bond, affection, or sense of connection to a person, place, or thing.
Other meanings and uses
- The act or condition of fastening one thing securely to another.
- An added part that is joined to something larger for a particular purpose.
SPIRIT
The nonphysical part of a person associated with identity, consciousness, or inner life.
Other meanings and uses
- A person’s mood, courage, enthusiasm, or characteristic attitude.
- A supernatural being, such as a ghost or other incorporeal presence.
- A strong distilled alcoholic drink, especially one consumed in small measures.
BODY
The complete physical structure of a person, animal, or other living organism.
Other meanings and uses
- An organized group of people acting together in an official or shared capacity.
- The main or largest part of an object, work, or collection.
- A substantial quantity or mass of material, information, or evidence.
COARSE
Rough in texture or made from relatively large particles rather than fine ones.
Other meanings and uses
- Rude, vulgar, or lacking refinement in language, behavior, or manner.
- Broad or approximate rather than finely detailed or precisely divided.
CRUSH
To press, squeeze, or strike something so forcefully that it changes shape or breaks.
Other meanings and uses
- A dense crowd of people pressed closely together in a limited space.
- To defeat, suppress, or overwhelm someone or something completely.
WEIGH
To measure how heavy a person or object is, usually with a scale or balance.
Other meanings and uses
- To consider competing facts or choices carefully before reaching a decision.
- To have a specified weight or exert a particular amount of heaviness.
- To burden or trouble someone mentally, as when a concern weighs on the mind.
SIGNATURE
A person’s name written in a distinctive form to identify or authorize a document.
Other meanings and uses
- A distinctive feature, style, or quality strongly associated with a particular person or thing.
- The act of signing one’s name as confirmation, approval, or acknowledgment.
INTEREST
A feeling of wanting to pay attention to, learn about, or become involved with something.
Other meanings and uses
- Money charged for borrowing funds or earned by lending or saving them.
- A legal, financial, or personal share in a business, property, or undertaking.
- An activity or topic that someone regularly enjoys or cares about.
RODE
The simple past tense of RIDE, meaning traveled while supported by a horse, bicycle, vehicle, or similar conveyance.
Other meanings and uses
- Also used when someone was carried by or traveled aboard a moving vehicle.
- Can describe remaining successfully mounted during an animal’s movement.
OPPORTUNITY
A favorable situation or occasion that makes it possible to do or achieve something.
Other meanings and uses
- A chance to seek employment, advancement, experience, or another desired result.
- An opening created by circumstances, timing, or the availability of resources.
FEELINGS
Emotional states or reactions, such as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, or affection.
Other meanings and uses
- Physical sensations produced by touch, pain, temperature, or bodily awareness.
- Opinions, intuitions, or personal impressions that may not come from formal reasoning.
PERSEVERANCE
Continued effort toward a goal despite difficulty, delay, failure, or discouragement.
Other meanings and uses
- The quality shown by someone who keeps trying when progress is slow or obstacles persist.