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This is a gemlog for the SpellBinding puzzle, in which you construct words using the specified letters (each word must contain the anchor letter).
ANTI AQUANAUT AQUATINT ATTAIN AUNT INAPT INPUT INTUIT NATANT NUTANT PAINT PANT PATINA PINATA PINT PIPIT PIQUANT PITA PITPAN PUNT PUTT QUAINT QUANT QUANTA QUINT QUINTA QUIT TAINT TANNIN TAUNT TAUT TINT TITAN TITTUP TUNA TUTU UNAPT UNIT
Pangram: PIQUANT (1:engagingly provocative, also :having a lively arch charm 2:agreeably stimulating to the taste, spicy). A nice word, especially 1.
AQUANAUT has such an old-timey ring to it. AQUATINT is an etching technique.
PIPIT is a bird. PITPAN is a Central-American canoe.
Q-words are many. QUAINT, just to refresh: 1 a:pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar b: unusual or different in character or appearance (odd); 2 a:marked by skillful design b:marked by beauty or elegance; 3:(obsolete) expert, skilled!
QUANT: an expert (often, an asshole) analyzing ana managing quantitative data.
QUANTA: plural of quantum
QUINT: generally, a quintuplet; a winter-sports jump of at least 5 revolutions, or a special fire vehicle.
QUINTA: a country estate in Portugal or Latin America.
TITTUP is not what you think, you dirty bird! :lively, gay, or restless behavior, or verb: to move in a lively manner often with an exaggerated or affected action (originally for a horse).
Missed: TIPI
Another day.