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"anonymous" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often nameless (8 letters).
Definitions
having no known name or identity or known source
Word origin
Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”). English equivalent anonym + -ous, its full etymology being an- + -onym + -ous.
Used in a sentence
“an anonymous pamphlet”
“an anonymous subscription”
“anonymous author or painter”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Unnamed”9 letters
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