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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 21% | 5 | Birds of prey - last of such birds, we're told | |
3 | 21% | 8 | Boring piece on birds (wading birds) | |
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We think the answer is "ASTERN" which means:
- adverb
- • Stern foremost or backward
- • At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
- • (of a ship or an airplane) behind adjective
- • Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The ship was moving astern at a slow speed."
- • "The car parked astern of the building."
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