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For GRAIL, the pattern G___L fixes positions 1 and 5. It matches 21 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: GAVEL, GAYAL, GAZAL, GEMEL, GENAL, GHOUL, GHUSL, GHYLL ….
7 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BRAIL, DRAIL, FRAIL, GRAAL, GRAIN, GRAIP, TRAIL. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.
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GRAIL comes after GRAFT: the first different letter is at position 4, where GRAIL has I and GRAFT has F. Earlier positions match.
GRAIL comes before GRAIN: the first different letter is at position 5, where GRAIL has L and GRAIN has N. Earlier positions match.
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