5 FiveLetterWords

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Canuckle Classic hints for · #257

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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
“Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.”

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Fill the gap
“The path _____ through the forest.”

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The middle letter
The middle letter is A.

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

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Reveal the answer
SNAKE

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Compare the letters after solving

For SNAKE, the pattern _N_K_ fixes positions 2 and 4. It matches 5 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: ENOKI, ENSKY, SNAKE, SNAKY, SNOKE.

7 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: SHAKE, SLAKE, SNAKY, SNARE, SNOKE, SPAKE, STAKE. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

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Also on January 26, 2023

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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: 1351f9b08c55.

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