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An herb used in cooking is the connection.
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Think of varieties of Perilla frutescens used in Japanese cuisine.
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SHISO refers to culinary varieties of Perilla frutescens used in Japanese cooking. The answer is the herb’s name, not a generic label for a leafy garnish.
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For SHISO, the pattern _H__O fixes positions 2 and 5. It matches 25 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: CHACO, CHADO, CHEMO, CHIAO, CHICO, CHIKO, CHIMO, CHINO ….
2 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: SHISH, SHIST. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.
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