UNLIT

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UNLIT is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for UNLIT.

99 total results for UNLIT( score: 50 )

49 results for UNLIT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 22, 2024	17D	Like new matches	Adrian Johnson	Fagliano
Mon Oct 28, 2024	11D	Like birthday candles before the party starts	Michael Lieberman	Fagliano
Sun Oct 13, 2024	81D	Like the leftmost candle until the final night of Hanukkah	Gary Larson and Doug Peterson	Fagliano
Thu Jul 11, 2024	14A	Totally in the dark?	Mat Shelden	Fagliano
Fri Aug 25, 2023	16A	Like something wicked and dark?	Rafael Musa	Shortz
Sun Oct 10, 2021	106D	Like a birthday cake, pre-party	Brandon Koppy	Shortz
Mon May 3, 2021	67A	Not illuminated	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Sun Apr 11, 2021	124A	Not on	Dick Shlakman and Will Nediger	Shortz
Fri Mar 1, 2019	51D	Like many a home while one is away for the evening	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Sep 8, 2018	45A	Dark (23)	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Fri Jul 27, 2018	19A	Like seven candles on the first night of Hanukkah	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Fri Aug 4, 2017	46D	Black	Damon Gulczynski	Shortz
Thu Aug 3, 2017	47D	Dark (23)	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Fri Mar 24, 2017	48D	Dark (23)	Michael Hawkins and John Guzzetta	Shortz
Tue Feb 16, 2016	24D	Dark (23)	Ron and Nancy Byron	Shortz
Mon Sep 28, 2015	16A	Dark, as a room (2)	Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Tue May 13, 2014	50D	Dark (23)	Tracy Gray	Shortz
Fri Oct 12, 2012	47D	Dark (23)	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Mon Apr 2, 2012	47D	Pitch-dark	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Fri Aug 19, 2011	41D	Dark (23)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Jun 5, 2011	43D	Dark (23)	Yaakov Bendavid	Shortz
Sun Oct 31, 2010	37D	Like the inside of a coffin	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Mon Jul 26, 2010	62A	Dark, as a room (2)	Janet R. Bender	Shortz
Sat Mar 28, 2009	45D	Dark (23)	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Mon Aug 25, 2008	51A	Dark (23)	Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake	Shortz
Mon Apr 28, 2008	38D	Not yet burning	Gary Disch	Shortz
Thu Jan 17, 2008	36D	Dark (23)	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Tue Oct 3, 2006	54A	Dark (23)	Ed Stein	Shortz
Mon Mar 20, 2006	21A	Out, as a candle	Earl W. Reed and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Mar 19, 2006	112D	Pitch-black (2)	Michael Shteyman	Shortz
Wed Sep 28, 2005	25D	Dark (23)	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz
Thu Sep 22, 2005	61A	Dark (23)	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Mon Jan 26, 2004	53D	Dark (23)	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Thu May 1, 2003	20A	Off, in a way	Gilbert H. Ludwig	Shortz
Sun Feb 9, 2003	100D	Dark (23)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Thu Nov 21, 2002	32A	Like some candles	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Mon Nov 11, 2002	61A	Dark (23)	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Sun Sep 8, 2002	8D	Dark (23)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Fri Apr 12, 2002	27D	Needing a match	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Thu Apr 20, 2000	14A	Dark (23)	Nelson Hardy	Shortz
Sun Mar 12, 2000	61A	Dark (23)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Thu Dec 2, 1999	41D	Dark (23)	Mel Taub	Shortz
Fri Jan 22, 1999	8D	Not 1-Down	Ed Early	Shortz
Sun Feb 8, 1998	37D	In the dark	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Jun 3, 1996	64A	Pitch black (2)	S. L. Robbins	Shortz
Sun May 26, 1996	80A	Dark (23)	R. Ross	Shortz
Mon Apr 22, 1996	30D	Dark (23)	S. B. Whitten	Shortz
Wed Jul 5, 1995	50D	Not turned on	Norman S. Wizer	Shortz
Thu Feb 9, 1995	10D	Awaiting ignition	Richard Thomas	Shortz

3 results for UNLIT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 29, 2009	Panda	48D	Until a lamp goes on, it's this	Mel Taub	Shortz
Jun 4, 2006	Diagramless	32D	Dark	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mar 12, 2006	Diagramless	16D	Dark	Byron Walden	Shortz

47 results for UNLIT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 7, 1993	15A	Dark	Morton B. Braun	Taub
Tue May 26, 1992	10D	Dark	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Thu May 21, 1992	15A	Dark	Alex K. Justin	Maleska
Mon Jul 9, 1990	40D	Not ignited	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Wed May 16, 1990	59A	Not illuminated	Don Groat	Maleska
Tue Oct 31, 1989	37A	Dark	Whitten	Maleska
Wed Jan 25, 1989	15A	Dark	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Fri Jan 29, 1988	5D	Dark, as some streets	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Fri Sep 18, 1987	38D	Like some hallways	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Mon Apr 21, 1986	15A	Not kindled	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sun Dec 29, 1985	20A	Dark, as some streets	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Apr 26, 1985	24A	Dark	William Canine	Maleska
Wed Jan 25, 1984	16A	Dim	Marjorie Pedersen	Maleska
Fri Sep 30, 1983	58A	In the dark	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sat Mar 26, 1983	3D	Not fired	Sam Bellotto, Jr.	Maleska
Sat Aug 8, 1981	42D	Dark	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sat Jun 21, 1980	48D	Like a region during an outage	Frank Geary	Maleska
Thu Oct 4, 1979	64A	Darkened	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Thu Sep 2, 1976	44D	Dark	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Mon Sep 8, 1975	39D	Dim	Henry Hook	Weng
Fri Jun 20, 1975	31D	Dark	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Thu Dec 12, 1974	48D	Dark	Manny Miller	Weng
Fri Jun 14, 1974	14A	In darkness	Tap Osborn	Weng
Tue Nov 20, 1973	39A	Dark	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 3, 1972	95D	Dark	Elmer Toro	Weng
Mon May 8, 1972	59A	Dark	Unknown	Weng
Thu Apr 8, 1971	62A	Dark	Unknown	Weng
Tue Feb 9, 1971	43A	With the switch on "off"	Mel Taub	Weng
Sun Dec 27, 1970	19A	Cigarettes, at times	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Thu May 7, 1970	48D	Dark	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 17, 1969	13D	Dark	Anne Fox	Weng
Tue Oct 8, 1968	63A	In the dark.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Sep 20, 1968	53A	Dim.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Feb 17, 1965	67A	Dark.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 28, 1964	17D	Dark.	Will C. Weng	Farrar
Sat Apr 4, 1964	1A	Dark.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 29, 1963	73D	Dark.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Feb 27, 1962	16A	Dark.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Fri Feb 2, 1962	51D	Dark.	Alda Zimpel	Farrar
Tue Sep 26, 1961	27D	Dark.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 24, 1958	25D	Dark.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Oct 28, 1956	5D	Not kindled.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat Oct 1, 1955	44A	Dim.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Sun May 8, 1955	21A	Dark.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Fri Dec 17, 1954	2D	Dark.	Maura B. Jacobson	Farrar
Sun Mar 23, 1952	130D	Dark.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Thu Aug 30, 1951	9D	Dark.	Unknown	Farrar

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