Canuckle · Classic

Canuckle Classic hints for · #200

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1 word. Every reveal is your choice.

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The answer

What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun.

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What it means
“A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.”

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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Where the vowels sit
The vowels are the third and fourth letters.

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The middle letter
The middle letter is E.

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How it ends
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STEAK

Puzzle source: Canuckle official game. The date above follows UTC.

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Compare the letters after solving

For STEAK, the pattern _T__K fixes positions 2 and 5. It matches 17 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: STACK, STALK, STANK, STARK, STEAK, STEEK, STEIK, STICK ….

10 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: SNEAK, SPEAK, STEAD, STEAL, STEAM, STEAN, STEAR, STEEK …. 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.

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The Canadian connection might be geography, culture, nature or everyday life. A word can fit the letter feedback without being the day's themed answer.

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Also on November 30, 2022

Source and record information

Recorded from the existing verified source adapter. Source retrieved .

The resumed schedule starts at number 143 on 4 October 2022. Both document ID and the publisher's index must match. Earlier paused-era puzzles are outside this contract.

Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: dd51ce1a6b89.

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