Puzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year" Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SUDOKU Puzzle type that was the Oxford Dictionaries' 2005 U.K. "word of the year" (6) New York Times Nov 30, 2025
52% ANAGRAM Word puzzle (7) (7) Mirror Classic Jan 20, 2026
52% LEXICON Dictionary (7) Thomas Joseph Dec 24, 2025
52% EMOJI The Oxford Dictionaries 2015 'Word' of the Year is one (5)
49% KILO Code word for the letter K (4) (4) Mirror Classic Jan 31, 2026
49% TITLE "Uplifting Words," for this puzzle (5) Universal Dec 26, 2025
49% THOU K (4) LA Times Daily Dec 21, 2025
49% GIF Oxford American Dictionary's 2012 word of the year, and the key to this puzzle's theme (3)
47% LACE Oxford feature (4) Thomas Joseph Feb 7, 2026
47% KANSAS The "K" of KCMO (6) USA Today Feb 5, 2026

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