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210 debut words in 2026

210 are still unique, and 0 have been reused in later puzzles

This page shows NYT debut words by year going back to the beginning of the Modern Era.

Words here did not appear previously in any puzzle including pre-Shortz and Variety.

On this site, unique answers are often shown in red and answers that were reused later are purple.

DateAuthorDebutsStill uniqueReused later
Thu Jan 1, 2026Topher Booth2ACTEDALONE ANSWERKEYS
Fri Jan 2, 2026Adam Wagner and Rafael Musa6AIRKISSES CLUNKY DEFATS INTERNETFAMOUS NOWWERETALKING VEGENAISE
Sat Jan 3, 2026Hannah Slovut-Einertson7BIBLECAMP CLICKHERE DELETETHIS LIKELIKED MOCAP OKAND PARENTESE
Sun Jan 4, 2026Gene Louise De Vera7APLUSSES GALADRIEL HASABEEF POPSUGAR SAYSYOU SESAMEPLACE SUBMENU
Mon Jan 5, 2026Lynn Lempel1TAKEOFFFROMWORK
Tue Jan 6, 2026Paul Coulter3AMINORITYOFONE NOWINSITUATION SETINOPPOSITION
Wed Jan 7, 2026Adrianne Baik1DOGLOVER
Thu Jan 8, 2026Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang5AYPAPI CROPTOPS FIFTYCENT KOTEX LAGUNITAS
Fri Jan 9, 2026Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis7AIRMARSHAL BENEFITSPACKAGE CIGARBOXES HECKYEAH MRRIGHTNOW ONAHEATER SETUPCAMP
Sat Jan 10, 2026Kameron Austin Collins8ACIDWASHED ATTACKMODE FRIENDOFDOROTHY NOHTHEATER ORGASMS WATERHORSE YOULOOKFAB YOYOSTRING
Sun Jan 11, 2026Dylan Schiff7CRISSCROSSPUZZLE EMPATHIZED FIRECHIEF HIPHOPARTISTS OHTHATSOK PINGPONGPADDLE TIPTOPSHAPE
Mon Jan 12, 2026Carolyn Davies Lynch and Christina Iverson4BEKINDREWIND DELICASES SAYITDONTSPRAYIT YOUSNOOZEYOULOSE
Tue Jan 13, 2026Nate Hall5LAPCATS NEONATALNURSE TECTONICPLATES TIMWALZ WEWILLROCKYOU
Wed Jan 14, 2026Joseph Gangi3IMSCARED LOOKIELOOS TOETAPPERS
Thu Jan 15, 2026Wendy L. Brandes and Barbara Lin3CONFIRMATIONBIAS FAMILYGAMENIGHT SEEKANDYESHALLFIND
Fri Jan 16, 2026Kyle Dolan9BOOKFAIR CARTRAILER FAKEPLANTS GETSABADRAP HERDINGCATS JADING JANEGREY JOBOFFERS PETSNAKES
Sat Jan 17, 2026Adam Aaronson12FACEPALMS FARTSY FAUXNAIF GALBI MEGAPIXELS MIXINS MKAY MMMDCCCLXXXVIII OUTOFTIME PITSTAINS SPINKICKS TINDERBIO
Sun Jan 18, 2026Rena Cohen11AFTERMATTHEW MAMI REDBUDS REVIEWTHEENGINE SOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM TEMU THESETTLERSOFYUCATAN TIK TWOANDAHALFMENU UNITESINSHININGARMOR VENUEDIAGRAM
Mon Jan 19, 2026Peter Gorman2DOCTER NORMALIZE
Tue Jan 20, 2026Jonathan Raksin6AMAZONWAREHOUSE ECHOLOCATION ENZ GREEKMYTHOLOGY NATOALPHABET THEGRANDCANYON
Wed Jan 21, 2026Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz3EBAYSALE MAHJONG POTHEADS
Thu Jan 22, 2026Joe DiPietro2WOKENUP WORKINGONIT
Fri Jan 23, 2026Joyce Keller2ASATREAT PRESSONNAILS
Sat Jan 24, 2026Adrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty10AVENGERSENDGAME ENDRANT ESCHEWED HALLOWEENPARTY ISAIDSTOP KISSARMY ONLINECASINOS PUTH SENIORCENTERS SHOWBOATS
Sun Jan 25, 2026Mark MacLachlan9ACCESSLOG FILETOOLARGE MITERSAW OUTOFDISKSPACE RUNTIMEERROR SERVERNOTFOUND STACKOVERFLOW VIRUSDETECTED WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED
Mon Jan 26, 2026Erica Hsiung Wojcik3BESTCOMEDYALBUM CCME DAVIDSONCOLLEGE
Tue Jan 27, 2026Miranda Kany and Tracy Bennett2HETHEY INTHESTICKS
Wed Jan 28, 2026Kevin Curry5CHICKENSTRIP DRAGONSLAYER EDGEPIECES HORSESTABLE TURTLESHELL
Thu Jan 29, 2026Kit Sheffield3MACGYVERED SORSORSORSORSOR TOMORTOMORTOMOR
Fri Jan 30, 2026Robyn Weintraub9ALLSTARCAST BABYGROOT GHOSTSTORIES GOESBERSERK REMAINCALM SOUTHBEACH TEXTBOX WEEDKILLER WORKSLATE
Sat Jan 31, 2026Nick Maritz5BUILDSUP MARTIALARTS PEDIATRICIANS SANTAMONICAPIER SNELLEN
Sun Feb 1, 2026Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman11BLEDSOE BOSTONPOPSICLE CLASSICALCLOWN FOLLICLESONONESFACE LIFEBAR LYRICALJET NLMVPS REDEARTH TOPICALDOG TWOPARTICLEHARMONY WERENAUTICALWORTHY
Mon Feb 2, 2026John Ewbank and Colin Thomas1NFLREFS
Tue Feb 3, 2026Nate Cardin4GRADELEVEL INSIDEVOICES SHAKESHACK VAPES
Wed Feb 4, 2026Hanh Huynh and Ted Mayer3HELLONEWMAN RUMSPRINGA VISIONQUEST
Thu Feb 5, 2026Dario Salvucci3FREEWAYEXIT GUNLAP MEMED
Fri Feb 6, 2026Geoffrey Schorkopf and Rafael Musa9GPSWATCH IMSOSCARED ITSASMALLWORLD LIFESTYLECREEP OENOPHILIA OVERPACK PLOPART STOPDEAD TINYHOME
Sat Feb 7, 2026Mark Diehl11GENUSANDSPECIES GOODSPELLER MACARONISALAD MISSILETEST RETIRETHESIDE ROPEINTO ROSYBOA SONYREADERS SPORTSBETS TOENAILSCISSORS WAFFLEMAKER
Sun Feb 8, 2026Chloe Revery6DIRECTORDER ELASTICHAIRTIE FANVID LIFEBEFOREMAN THEADCOUNCIL UNDERCOVERBOSS

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