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Canuckle Classic hints for · #1152

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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
“An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.”

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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Fill the gap
“John’s bet was a _____: he bet without even so much as a pair.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentence selected from Wiktionary, with the answer removed.

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The middle letter
The middle letter is U.

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How it ends
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BLUFF

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Compare the letters after solving

For BLUFF, the pattern B___F fixes positions 1 and 5. It matches 4 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: BLAFF, BLUFF, BOEUF, BRIEF.

4 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BLAFF, FLUFF, PLUFF, SLUFF. 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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Also on July 9, 2025

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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.

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