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Phoodle Classic hints for · #484

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The answer

What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun.

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What it means
“A light abrasion; a slight scratch.”

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Fill the gap
“Cattle _____ in the meadows.”

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

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Where the vowels sit
The vowels are the third and fifth letters.

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How it starts
Reveal the answer
GRAZE

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Compare the letters after solving

For GRAZE, the pattern G__Z_ fixes positions 1 and 4. It matches 11 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: GAUZE, GAUZY, GHAZI, GINZO, GLAZE, GLAZY, GLOZE, GONZO ….

10 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BRAZE, CRAZE, GLAZE, GRACE, GRADE, GRAME, GRAPE, GRATE …. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

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Also on September 4, 2023

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