The answer
What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun.
Vowels and repeats
Two vowels. One letter appears twice.
How it ends
Ends in R.
How it starts
Begins with P.
The middle letter
The middle letter is P.
Reveal the answer
PIPER
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Compare the letters after solving
For PIPER, the pattern __P_R fixes positions 3 and 5. It matches 33 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: ASPER, CAPER, COPER, DOPER, DUPER, GAPER, HEPAR, HIPER ….
12 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: HIPER, PAPER, PIKER, PILER, PINER, PIPED, PIPES, PIPET …. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.
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Why these alphabetical bounds work
PIPER comes after PIPED: the first different letter is at position 5, where PIPER has R and PIPED has D. Earlier positions match.
PIPER comes before PIPES: the first different letter is at position 5, where PIPER has R and PIPES 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 April 16, 2025
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