Inspired by both the List of Things and a puzzle I wrote last year , this is a list of sets of letters. Entries in brackets are considered semi-canonical; they exist in some lists but aren't definitively in the set. Sets of Three RGB - Light colours XYZ - Cartesian axes TMO - Dash only Morse code BLT - Sandwich AZE - Isotope notation Sets of Four NESW - Cardinal directions UDLR - Orthogonal directions AJQK - Playing cards CMYK - Printer inks SATB - Voice types ACGT - DNA nucleobases ACGU - RNA nucleobases WASD - Keyboard movement ABXY - Xbox controller buttons HJKL - Vim navigation buttons EISH - Dot only Morse code GMRX - Original MPAA film ratings Sets of Five RNBQK (+P) - Chess pieces ACGTU - Nucleobases PRNDL (+SB) - Automatic gearstick LITSO - Free tetrominoes AEIOU (+Y) - Vowels GJPQY - Descenders (lower case) ABCDF - US Letter grades DRABC - First Aid primary survey LGBTQ (+IA) - 🏳️🌈 Sets of Six UDSCTB - Quark flavours ...
The Times likes hiding connections between the five answers in the concise quintagram so I thought I'd put them together as I find them and leave them also as puzzles for people to solve. To fill out the preview to avoid spoilers, a quintagram is a set of five crossword clues where you are given the letters needed to solve all five. A Nina is named after the daughter of cartoonist Al Hirschfield who hid the name in many of his drawings, and has been adopted by the crosswording community to refer to any hidden theme in a puzzle. 2618 (2026/07/13): METAL, GOING, WEIGHT, INDUSTRY, TOP-HEAVY The first four can be "top-heavy" (i.e. can be followed by "heavy") Show/Hide Answer 2619 (2026/07/14): SHORE, FLIRT, SEVERN, STATURE, OVERHEARD Become new words when the 'R' is removed Show/Hide Answer 2620 (2026/07/15): FRILL, JUMPER, SONNET, CRUTCH, WASHBOARD One letter changed from car parts (gRILL, bUMPER, bONNET, ClUTCH, dASHBOARD) Show/Hide Answe...
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