The answer
What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as an adjective.
How it ends
Ends in Y.
Where the vowels sit
The vowels are the second and third letters.
The middle letter
The middle letter is U.
How it starts
Begins with M.
Reveal the answer
MAUZY
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Canadian connection clue
Think of a regional weather adjective.
Sources (may reveal the answer)
Supporting source 1 · Wiktionary contributors, “mauzy”, linked revision · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original concise paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual prose. Puzzle connections and clue wording are independently authored. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. No third-party quotations, photographs, audio or publisher hint prose are reused.
Stronger clue
The cited Newfoundland usage describes hot, humid conditions.
Sources (may reveal the answer)
Supporting source 1 · Wiktionary contributors, “mauzy”, linked revision · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original concise paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual prose. Puzzle connections and clue wording are independently authored. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. No third-party quotations, photographs, audio or publisher hint prose are reused.
Why this answer fits
MAUZY is recorded in Wiktionary as Newfoundland English for hot and humid weather. The supported connection is regional usage in Newfoundland; the cited entry does not establish where the word originated.
Supporting source 1 · Wiktionary contributors, “mauzy”, linked revision · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original concise paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual prose. Puzzle connections and clue wording are independently authored. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. No third-party quotations, photographs, audio or publisher hint prose are reused.
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Compare the letters after solving
For MAUZY, the pattern __UZ_ fixes positions 3 and 4. It matches 9 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: ABUZZ, GAUZE, GAUZY, MAUZY, NYUZE, SCUZZ, TOUZE, TOUZY ….
5 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: GAUZY, MAUBY, MAUMY, MAUSY, MAUVY. 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 August 8, 2023
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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.
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