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Betweenle Classic hints for · #160

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The answer

What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun, and also as an adjective.

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What it means
“A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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How it ends
The middle letter
The middle letter is T.

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How it starts
Reveal the answer
METAL

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Compare the letters after solving

For METAL, the pattern M___L fixes positions 1 and 5. It matches 34 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: MADAL, MAERL, MAHAL, MAILL, MAMIL, MANUL, MARAL, MARIL ….

8 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: FETAL, MEDAL, MESAL, METAS, METEL, METOL, PETAL, SETAL. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

This comparison explains spelling constraints. These are dictionary matches, not the publisher's accepted guesses or historical answer pool.

Why these alphabetical bounds work

METAL comes after MESYL: the first different letter is at position 3, where METAL has T and MESYL has S. Earlier positions match.

METAL comes before METAS: the first different letter is at position 5, where METAL has L and METAS has S. Earlier positions match.

These neighbours come from our independent dictionary. They illustrate alphabetical comparison, not an official distance score or a recorded play session.

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Also on August 23, 2023

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