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Canuckle Classic hints for · #1560

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The answer

What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as an adjective.

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What it means
“Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.”

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How it ends
How it starts
The middle letter
The middle letter is M.

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Reveal the answer
HUMID

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For HUMID, the pattern H__I_ fixes positions 1 and 4. It matches 21 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: HABIT, HAFIZ, HAJIS, HAKIM, HALID, HARIM, HELIO, HELIX ….

2 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: HUMIC, TUMID. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

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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 21, 2026

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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: bd1728f913a3.

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