# How many 5-letter words did you get from yesterday's Sunday NYT puzzle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-5-letter-words-did-you-get-from-yesterdays-sunday-nyt-puzzle/437149>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 11, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-5-letter-words-did-you-get-from-yesterdays-sunday-nyt-puzzle/437149 "2008-02-11T14:53:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-5-letter-words-did-you-get-from-yesterdays-sunday-nyt-puzzle/437149/1 "2008-02-11T14:53:32Z")

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I got 39. Not bragging. There’ll be many others with lots more. (I used [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) as my authority.)

Tried using a spoiler. Couldn’t.

1. ALIVE
2. ANENT
3. ATRIP
4. CANAL
5. CANON
6. CANTO
7. DREST (very obsolete)
8. EVENT
9. LENTO
10. LEVEL
11. LILAC
12. LIVEN
13. NOOSE
14. NOTAL
15. NOVEL
16. PIANO
17. PIKER
18. PIKES
19. PLACK (old as dirt, maybe too old)
20. PLANE
21. PLANO (as in lenses)
22. PLANT
23. RIATA
24. SCALP
25. SCANT
26. SOOTS
27. STAIR
28. STALE
29. STILE
30. STONE
31. STOVE
32. STRIA
33. STRIP
34. TITAN
35. TOTAL
36. TRIAL
37. VENAL
38. VITAL
39. LIVID (Last second addition! :smack: )

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-5-letter-words-did-you-get-from-yesterdays-sunday-nyt-puzzle/437149/2 "2008-02-11T16:53:02Z")

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I got 45 with a few that I thought were questionable (like atrip, atrek, drest, lacto, soots). I like that game. Spatial and verbal.

I can’t believe it when I’m at 35, and then about 4 totally obvious ones jump out at me because I wasn’t trying something.

At first glance, here’s 3 you’re missing

“toots” (use both t’s), “tonal” and “airer”.

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-5-letter-words-did-you-get-from-yesterdays-sunday-nyt-puzzle/437149/3 "2008-02-11T16:58:28Z")

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You’re also missing

alack

You have a couple I didn’t get like canto and lento and plack. I considered them, but I didn’t think they were words.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-5-letter-words-did-you-get-from-yesterdays-sunday-nyt-puzzle/437149/4 "2008-02-11T17:41:09Z")

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Well done, Trunk.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-5-letter-words-did-you-get-from-yesterdays-sunday-nyt-puzzle/437149/5 "2008-02-12T05:51:15Z")

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I’ll get this one in a supplement either this week or next. Nice that it was interesting enough to spawn a thread.