The answer
What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun.
Where the vowels sit
The only vowel is the third letter.
The middle letter
The middle letter is I.
How it starts
Begins with C.
How it ends
Ends in S.
Reveal the answer
CLIPS
Phoodle · Classic
Phoodle Classic hints for · #1352
This is the permanent record for this puzzle. Choose each clue or answer separately.
#1352UTC
Just enough help
1 word. Every reveal is your choice.
Continue with this puzzle in the solver
Puzzle source: Phoodle official game. The date above follows UTC.
Understand this puzzle
Choose a worked example after solving, or open just the part you need. These explanations are calculated from this recorded puzzle.
Compare the letters after solving
For CLIPS, the pattern _L_P_ fixes positions 2 and 4. It matches 36 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: ALAPA, ALAPS, ALEPH, BLIPS, BLYPE, CLAPS, CLAPT, CLEPE ….
11 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BLIPS, CHIPS, CLAPS, CLIES, CLIPE, CLIPT, CLOPS, CRIPS …. 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.
Continue with your own clues
Food words can include ingredients, utensils, dishes and cooking terms. This independent solver checks letter evidence; it does not claim that every candidate is in Phoodle's answer list.
Open the solver or play at the official site. FiveLetterWords is an independent helper.
Also on January 19, 2026
Source and record information
Recorded from the existing verified source adapter. Source retrieved .
The publisher response must identify the exact requested date. Missing records remain gaps; descriptions, images and recipes are not copied.
Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: 826cd1f35c19.
Report a problem; include phoodle:classic:main:en:2026-01-19 and revision 826cd1f35c19.