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Word of the day
Every day the Unsaid Daily has one word of the day, the same for every player. Many are words most people have never met. Once a day is over everywhere, its word gets a page here with what it means, where it comes from and the patterns hiding in its letters.
24 words so far, newest first. Today's word stays secret until the day ends in every time zone. New to the terms? Start with the glossary, or browse unusual letter patterns.
November 2026
- pogge
A small, bony sea fish of North Atlantic coasts, also called the hooknose or armed bullhead, covered in hard plates instead of scales.
- kalium
The Latin name for potassium, and the reason its chemical symbol is K.
- umbril
The movable visor of a medieval helmet, which shaded and protected the face. Also spelled umbrel and umbriere.
- quench
To put out a fire or a light, to satisfy thirst, or to cool hot metal quickly in water or oil to harden it.
- causa
Latin for cause or reason, used in legal phrases such as causa mortis. Also a Peruvian dish of chilled, lime-seasoned yellow potato layered with fillings like chicken, tuna or avocado.
- neps
Small knots of tangled fibers in cotton or wool that show up as specks in yarn and cloth.
- emblem
A design or object that stands for an idea, a group or a person, such as a badge, crest or symbol.
- tzuris
Troubles, worries or aggravation, usually of a lingering, everyday kind. Also spelled tsuris and tsores.
- cajon
A box-shaped drum from Peru. The player sits on top and slaps the front face, which sounds like a bass drum near the center and a snare near the edges.
- azlon
A manufactured textile fiber made from natural protein, such as casein from milk, or protein from soybeans, corn or peanuts.
- pilch
An old word for an outer garment made of skin or leather. Later, in British use, a flannel cover worn over a baby's diaper.
October 2026
- emblic
The Indian gooseberry, a tree of South and Southeast Asia, or its sour, pale green fruit, also called amla.
- cavy
Any of a family of short-tailed South American rodents. The guinea pig is the best known.
- tussur
A coarse, golden-brown silk spun by wild silkworms in India and China. One of several spellings of the same word, along with tussah, tussore, tusseh and tussar.
- helium
Chemical element 2, a very light, colorless gas that does not burn and hardly reacts with anything.
- inert
Not moving or acting. In chemistry, slow or unable to react with other substances.
- meze
A spread of small dishes served at the start of a meal or with drinks in Greek, Turkish, Levantine and Balkan cooking. Also spelled mezze.
- turf
Grass together with the layer of soil held by its roots. Also an area someone treats as their own territory. As a British verb, turf out means to throw someone out.
- flirs
Plural of FLIR, forward-looking infrared, a camera system that builds an image from heat instead of visible light.
- raik
In Scots, a journey or a trip, especially one of several made carrying a load, and also a stretch of pasture that animals range over. As a verb, to roam or wander.
- louis
A French gold coin, the louis d'or, first struck in 1640 under Louis XIII and minted until the Revolution. The plural is also louis.
- vezir
A variant spelling of vizier, a senior minister or adviser in the Ottoman Empire and several earlier states of the Middle East and Central Asia.
- dozily
In a drowsy, half-awake way. In British English it can also mean in a slow or absent-minded way.
- mucin
A family of large proteins coated in sugar chains that give mucus its thick, slippery, gel-like texture.