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154 debuts in year 2020

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

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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

Words appear here only if they are true debuts. They did not appear previously in any puzzle, old or modern or Variety.

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

DateAuthorDebutsStill uniqueReused later
Wed Jan 1Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen8ENDOFSTORK FAKENAMES FINDINGDORK HEADSPACE KELPREVIEWS MAKOCLINIC RAISEDHELL RANDO
Thu Jan 2Ed Sessa5AIRSINAI BEINTHEDARK DARKCHOCOLATE DARKNSTORMY OFFSITE
Fri Jan 3Will Treece6BRUTALITIES GRANDKID PLASTICCUPS RITZCRACKER THATSUNREAL TUNATARTARE
Sat Jan 4Adam Aaronson14ABOSYSTEM ACLS ALLABOUTME BEGUILING CLAPOMETER HAMBURGLAR LIKEBUTTON OCTOBERSKY ONTHATNOTE PILLOWLACE SWEARWORD TECHDEMO WORLDWARIII YESSIREEBOB
Sun Jan 5Will Nediger9CATSAT CONTRACTTERMS CONVERSEALLSTARS DISCOUNTSTORES PERFECTSCORES PRESENTCOMPANY PRODUCELABELS PROJECTGUTENBERG RIDESON
Mon Jan 6Tess Davison and Kathy Lowden0
Tue Jan 7Ross Trudeau7BEDHOG COARSELY INTENTIONAL LANDSCAPEPHOTO OUTSIDESHOTS OVERSHARING THREEPOINTER
Wed Jan 8Amanda Yesnowitz and Joon Pahk6ALARMBELLS AWESOMEBLOSSOM CTU FAVREAU OCASIO PHOTOG
Thu Jan 9Alex Eaton-Salners5BHAJIS JUNOT PRERIGS RUPIAHS TRAPSET
Fri Jan 10Brendan Emmett Quigley9AFROFUTURISM APPLESHORTCAKES BITMOJI IDAGREE JUULPODS MICHEL ONTHELASTDAY SIPHONOFF TAKETHEL
Sat Jan 11Andrew J. Ries7BEERLEAGUE BOLTCUTTER GUARDDOGS INAPPPURCHASE PVCPIPING SECRETRECIPES WERETHERE
Sun Jan 12Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg10ANSWERINGMACHINE HALFCOURT KNOWSATHINGORTWO MAZDAS PERSUASIVEWRITING SQUIRRELEDAWAY SURELYNOT SWINGBY SWORDANDSHIELD TULIPBULB
Mon Jan 13Alan Arbesfeld5ALOTTOMANAGE COMESOFAGE DUTCHAIRLINE MIDDLESEAT PIPEWRENCH
Tue Jan 14Jim Peredo2GROUCHY GRUMPYCAT
Wed Jan 15Mary Lou Guizzo0
Thu Jan 16Erik Agard and Jeff Chen4APPLEJACKS CROWDNOISE INUKTITUT JOURNEYMAN
Fri Jan 17Ryan Patrick Smith5ELECTRONICA LIVEMAS OLIVIAWILDE SMARTTV THERESAMAY
Sat Jan 18Ryan McCarty7ALJARREAU ANTISPAM LAVALAKES SIDEWALKART SLIDINTO TEARITUP WINETASTING
Sun Jan 19Victor Barocas12AUTOSAVE DODGENEON EUGENEIONESCO FRONTPAGENEWS GENESPLICING HEDGENETTLE HOMOGENEITY LOTRIMIN OLINES PLANTAGENETS REGENERATION TVPARENTS
Mon Jan 20Evan Kalish5COMEDYSKETCH GAGREELS GETTHEPICTURE LOTTODRAWING SNICKERDOODLE
Tue Jan 21Carl Larson1SIXPACKOFBEER
Wed Jan 22Alex Eaton-Salners1CARANTENNAS
Thu Jan 23Barbara Lin4FREEVERSAILLES GIMMEASINAI ROCKSTHEBOWTIE THEGOODWIFI
Fri Jan 24Scott Earl5ARMIE LOVESIMON OVENRACKS SIDETRACKS WEANING
Sat Jan 25Stella Zawistowski4DONTJUDGEME DURANCEVILE FIGUREEIGHT NEGGA
Sun Jan 26Erik Agard13BLEAH COPYPASTE CORNERBOOTH FORHERE GRAMMARPOLICE JAIPUR LIZCAMBAGE PIANOSONATAS PRIMARYDEBATE RINGTHEALARM RIPCURRENTS UPANDVANISH WHATASTEAL

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