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Updated: February 14, 2024

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	noun • any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
	30%	3		Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
	noun • an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
	28%	7		Puzzle setter's setter regularly takes up a short time
	noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

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