The answer
What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun.
The middle letter
The middle letter is O.
Where the vowels sit
The vowels are the second and third letters.
How it ends
Ends in S.
How it starts
Begins with N.
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NOOKS
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Food clue
Think about the uneven surface inside a split, toasted bread.
Sources (may reveal the answer)
Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “English muffin”, revision linked below · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual article prose; no quoted third-party passage or media is adapted. Explanatory combinations are our own. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stronger clue
A plural word for small recesses or sheltered corners.
Sources (may reveal the answer)
Supporting source 1 · Wiktionary contributors, “nook”, revision linked below · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual article prose; no quoted third-party passage or media is adapted. Explanatory combinations are our own. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Supporting source 2 · Wiktionary contributors, “nooks”, revision linked below · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual article prose; no quoted third-party passage or media is adapted. Explanatory combinations are our own. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Why this answer fits
NOOKS is the plural of NOOK: small recesses or sheltered corners. English muffins have internal holes and are often served split, toasted and buttered. Those hollows offer a food connection for this word. This is our explanation using independent sources, not a quotation of the publisher’s daily clue or a claim about its intended reference.
Supporting source 1 · Wiktionary contributors, “nook”, revision linked below · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual article prose; no quoted third-party passage or media is adapted. Explanatory combinations are our own. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Supporting source 2 · Wiktionary contributors, “nooks”, revision linked below · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual article prose; no quoted third-party passage or media is adapted. Explanatory combinations are our own. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Supporting source 3 · Wikipedia contributors, “English muffin”, revision linked below · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual article prose; no quoted third-party passage or media is adapted. Explanatory combinations are our own. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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For NOOKS, the pattern N__K_ fixes positions 1 and 4. It matches 18 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: NABKS, NAIKS, NARKS, NARKY, NECKS, NERKA, NERKS, NESKI ….
20 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BOOKS, COOKS, DOOKS, GOOKS, HOOKS, JOOKS, KOOKS, LOOKS …. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.
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