The answer
What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun.
Where the vowels sit
The only vowel is the second letter.
The middle letter
The middle letter is R.
How it starts
Begins with W.
How it ends
Ends in S.
Reveal the answer
WORMS
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For WORMS, the pattern W__M_ fixes positions 1 and 4. It matches 11 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: WARMS, WASMS, WEAMB, WEEMS, WHAMO, WHAMS, WHIMS, WHOMP ….
10 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BORMS, CORMS, DORMS, FORMS, GORMS, NORMS, WARMS, WORKS …. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.
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Also on May 21, 2024
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