The answer
What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a verb.
The middle letter
The middle letter is I.
How it ends
Ends in T.
How it starts
Begins with E.
Where the vowels sit
The vowels are the first and third letters.
Reveal the answer
EXIST
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For EXIST, the pattern _X_S_ fixes positions 2 and 4. It matches 1 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: EXIST.
No other word in this dictionary differs from this answer at just one position.
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Why these alphabetical bounds work
EXIST comes after EXING: the first different letter is at position 4, where EXIST has S and EXING has N. Earlier positions match.
EXIST comes before EXITE: the first different letter is at position 4, where EXIST has S and EXITE has T. Earlier positions match.
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Also on October 16, 2023
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