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

154 total results for MOTE( score: 50 )

32 results for MOTE from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 15, 2023	11D	Speck (13)	Alex Tomlinson	Shortz
Sun Aug 27, 2023	46D	Speck (13)	Rich Katz	Shortz
Thu Jul 6, 2023	58A	Bit of dust (5)	Alison Perch	Shortz
Thu Feb 16, 2023	24A	Speck (13)	Kevin Patterson	Shortz
Fri Dec 4, 2020	23A	Crumb	Patti Varol and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Fri Nov 27, 2020	2D	Speck (13)	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Fri Jan 17, 2020	31D	Speck (13)	Ryan Patrick Smith	Shortz
Sun Oct 20, 2019	104D	Speck (13)	Natan Last	Shortz
Sat Jul 14, 2018	45D	Speck (13)	Kameron Austin Collins	Shortz
Thu Jun 14, 2018	72A	Tenth word ...	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Sun May 6, 2018	113D	Tiny bit	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Tue Jan 30, 2018	44D	Speck (13)	Emily Carroll	Shortz
Sun Apr 30, 2017	110D	Speck of dust (3)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Thu Oct 27, 2016	51D	Bit of dust (5)	Milo Beckman	Shortz
Thu Dec 31, 2015	58D	Speck (13)	Ben Tausig	Shortz
Fri Jun 12, 2015	1A	Minute bit (2)	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sun Jun 8, 2014	11D	Particle	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Aug 11, 2013	4D	Speck (13)	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Mon Dec 19, 2011	35A	Speck of dust (3)	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Thu Dec 8, 2011	53D	Bit of dust (5)	Daniel A. Finan	Shortz
Wed Jun 2, 2010	47A	Bit of dust (5)	Adam Cohen	Shortz
Thu Dec 20, 2007	38D	Minute bit (2)	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Tue Oct 24, 2006	64A	Bit of dust (5)	Gail Grabowski	Shortz
Sat Mar 27, 2004	24A	No big thing	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Thu Nov 21, 2002	6A	Speck (13)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun Jul 21, 2002	71A	Speck (13)	Trip Payne	Shortz
Sun Nov 25, 2001	68D	It's no big thing	Bob Klahn and Harvey Estes	Shortz
Sun Aug 16, 1998	108D	Flyspeck (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Jan 21, 1996	98A	Flyspeck (2)	R. Wolfe	Shortz
Sat Sep 2, 1995	32D	Eye irritant	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Oct 17, 1994	49D	Speck of dust (3)	Jonathan Schmatzbach	Shortz
Sun Oct 2, 1994	96D	Speck (13)	Frances Hansen	Shortz

2 results for MOTE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 17, 2014	Panda	52D	It's a tiny thing to me	Mel Taub	Shortz
Aug 3, 2014	Diagramless	74A	Speck	Paula Gamache	Shortz

120 results for MOTE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 20, 1993	11D	Speck of dust	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Taub
Tue Jul 13, 1993	38D	Small particle	Michael S. Maurer	Maleska
Mon Dec 28, 1992	8D	Speck	Jeff Herrington	Maleska
Wed Sep 9, 1992	13D	Cornea irritant	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Thu Jan 24, 1991	39D	Dust particle	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Sun Sep 9, 1990	85D	Cornea irritant	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Tue Apr 24, 1990	65A	Tiny speck	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Fri Sep 1, 1989	16A	Speck of dust	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Wed Apr 12, 1989	37A	Speck	Don Groat	Maleska
Sun Jan 1, 1989	16D	Speck	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Thu Aug 11, 1988	53D	Speck	Margaret W. Huskey	Maleska
Thu May 5, 1988	52D	Speck	Walter Covell	Maleska
Wed Mar 2, 1988	34D	Speck	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Wed Oct 14, 1987	47D	Cornea irritant	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Mon Oct 12, 1987	59A	Tiny particle	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Mon Sep 14, 1987	9A	Tiny particle	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Fri Jun 20, 1986	46A	Dust speck	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Mon May 19, 1986	13D	Speck	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Sat Jul 13, 1985	64A	Speck	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Mon Apr 1, 1985	1D	Speck	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Wed Jun 6, 1984	51D	Cornea irritant	H. Hastings Reddall	Maleska
Sun Jan 29, 1984	73A	Speck	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Jan 8, 1984	70D	Speck of dust	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Fri Jul 22, 1983	3D	Cornea irritant	John Greenman	Maleska
Sun Jul 3, 1983	72A	Cornea irritant	Jim Page	Maleska
Sat Nov 6, 1982	54A	Speck	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Thu Sep 23, 1982	37A	Cornea irritant	Jeanne Wilson	Maleska
Fri Aug 27, 1982	37D	Speck	William Jarvis	Maleska
Thu Jun 10, 1982	28D	Item in "thy brother's eye"	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Sun May 16, 1982	106A	Speck	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Mon May 10, 1982	52D	Iota	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Tue May 4, 1982	57A	Speck	Adams	Maleska
Thu Jan 7, 1982	56D	Speck	Norman S. Wizer	Maleska
Sat Jan 2, 1982	58A	Cornea irritation	Maramarco	Maleska
Sun Oct 25, 1981	71A	Whit	Nancy A. Wood	Maleska
Fri Jan 30, 1981	32D	Particle	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Tue Nov 18, 1980	7D	Minute particle	John R. Prosser	Maleska
Thu Sep 4, 1980	42A	Speck	Jim Modney	Maleska
Mon Aug 18, 1980	35A	Very small thing	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Wed Jan 16, 1980	10A	Particle	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Sat Dec 22, 1979	64A	Tiny particle	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Wed Aug 15, 1979	43D	Small particle	Charles Engler	Maleska
Sat Mar 10, 1979	42A	Tiny particle	Robert Katz	Maleska
Wed Mar 7, 1979	35D	Speck	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Dec 17, 1978	8D	Speck	Hume R. Craft	Maleska
Sat Dec 9, 1978	8D	Speck	Pollard	Maleska
Wed Jun 22, 1977	47A	Particle of dust	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Wed Jun 1, 1977	33D	Homophone for 10 Across	Allan Blackman	Maleska
Tue Dec 21, 1976	7D	Speck of dust	Roby	Weng
Tue Jun 29, 1976	12D	Speck	Mary Harris	Weng
Mon Jan 26, 1976	1D	Speck	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Sat Jan 3, 1976	36D	Speck	Raymond F. Eisner	Weng
Wed Sep 17, 1975	54A	Speck	Joan DeRosso	Weng
Wed Mar 26, 1975	19A	Speck	Samuel H. Barkan	Weng
Mon Nov 18, 1974	64A	Speck	Glasser	Weng
Mon Nov 11, 1974	24A	Speck	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Thu Oct 4, 1973	38A	Particle	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jul 17, 1973	49D	Speck	Unknown	Weng
Thu May 10, 1973	1A	Particle	Unknown	Weng
Fri Apr 13, 1973	62A	Particle	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 7, 1972	32D	Speck	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 27, 1972	83A	Particle	Ward W. Smith	Weng
Tue Dec 7, 1971	48A	Particle	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jul 23, 1971	53A	Speck	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 11, 1970	17D	Particle	Elmer Toro	Weng
Wed Sep 2, 1970	17A	Speck	Unknown	Weng
Wed Apr 22, 1970	68A	Tiny amount	Unknown	Weng
Tue Mar 31, 1970	1D	Speck	Unknown	Weng
Tue Aug 19, 1969	48A	Speck.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jun 10, 1969	7D	Minutia.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 1, 1968	60A	Speck	W. A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Sun May 26, 1968	77D	Particle.	Will Weng	Farrar
Wed Jul 26, 1967	15D	Speck.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sat May 27, 1967	50D	Particle of dust.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Thu Feb 9, 1967	51A	Speck.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Thu Oct 20, 1966	11D	Speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 31, 1966	53D	Speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Feb 2, 1966	3D	Speck of dust.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 7, 1966	3D	Speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1965	63A	Speck.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Mon Oct 25, 1965	35A	Speck of dust.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 30, 1965	28D	Relative of the beam.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jan 28, 1965	60A	Small particle.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 30, 1964	28A	Speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 28, 1964	36A	Dirt speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Feb 5, 1964	26A	Speck.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Jun 30, 1963	87A	Very small particle.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Sun Jun 23, 1963	102A	Speck.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Apr 22, 1963	22A	Speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jan 21, 1963	25A	Speck.	Norma Schier	Farrar
Sun Jun 18, 1961	106D	Speck.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Dec 18, 1960	61A	Speck.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Nov 15, 1959	16D	Speck.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Aug 5, 1959	6A	Speck.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Wed Jun 17, 1959	61A	Speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jun 3, 1959	39D	Speck.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Tue Oct 14, 1958	44D	Dust particle.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Wed Aug 20, 1958	12D	Speck.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Wed Jul 30, 1958	21A	Speck.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Feb 27, 1958	57A	Particle.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Tue Feb 11, 1958	1A	Speck.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Thu Nov 21, 1957	43A	Speck of dust.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 19, 1957	13D	Speck.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Fri Nov 4, 1955	44D	Speck.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 3, 1955	92A	Dust speck.	Ruth H. Oliver	Farrar
Wed Sep 29, 1954	31D	Speck.	E. E. Smith	Farrar
Fri Sep 10, 1954	1D	Speck.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Thu Sep 2, 1954	3D	Speck.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Tue Jun 1, 1954	56D	Speck of dust.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Feb 7, 1954	57D	Speck.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat Feb 6, 1954	23A	Dust particle.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 22, 1954	45D	Speck of dust.	Isaac Kert	Farrar
Tue Jun 2, 1953	34D	Small particle.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Aug 13, 1952	58A	Floating speck of dust.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 20, 1951	29A	Particle of floating dust.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jan 2, 1949	16D	Speck.	Henry A. Wolfe	Farrar
Sun Oct 1, 1944	56A	Speck.	Agnes Cook	Farrar
Sun Jul 2, 1944	129D	Speck.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun May 23, 1943	77A	Fragment missed in ginning cotton.	George Buckler	Farrar
Sun Jun 28, 1942	112A	Minute particle.	Louis Shields	Farrar

Anagrams:

OTEM, METO, MOET, TOME

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