5 FiveLetterWords

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The answer

What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a verb.

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What it means
“To twist or whirl, as an eddy.”

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Fill the gap
“I _____ my brush around in the paint.”

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The middle letter
The middle letter is I.

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How it ends
Reveal the answer
SWIRL

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Compare the letters after solving

For SWIRL, the pattern _W__L fixes positions 2 and 5. It matches 16 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: AWEEL, AWFUL, DWAAL, DWELL, KWIRL, SWAIL, SWAYL, SWEAL ….

5 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: KWIRL, SKIRL, SWILL, SWIRE, TWIRL. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

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Also on September 19, 2026

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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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