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NYT : 28 from Modern Era daily puzzles
ASIMOV CCCLIV DOTGOV ERICIV FREETV GUSTAV HENRYV IMPROV IVANIV IVANOV KARPOV KISLEV LIVETV MAGLEV OMENIV OTTOIV PARTIV PAULIV PAVLOV PETROV REALTV ROSTOV SATNAV SCENEV SPOTTV STOLAV TOTOIV URBANV

Variety words from Acrostic, Cryptic, PandA, Diagramless, etc. puzzles:

NYT : 1 from Variety puzzles
ROCKYV

These pre-Shortz words have never appeared in any Modern Era crossword:

NYT : 7 from pre-Shortz puzzles
ANALAV CHEKOV KOZLOV MCCLIV MCMLXV OLAFIV ZHUKOV

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Private : 12 from the XWord Info word lists
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Regular Users see 12 basic words here from the XWord Info Word List.

These unscored dictionary words aren't found in either NYT puzzles or our word lists:

Abridged : 4 from internal dictionaries
BRASOV LXXXIV MARKOV MOSHAV

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Unabridged : 5 from our unabridged dictionary
EYERUV PRAYTV SHARAV TWOREV YISHUV

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