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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 9 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 42% | 11 | They are also known as slime eels, although they are not true eels | |
3 | 27% | 8 | Like some eels or catfish | |
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We think the answer is "ELONGATED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Drawn out or made longer spatially
- • Having notably more length than width; being long and slender verb
- • To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
- • To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
- • To move to or place at a distance (from something).
- • To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. adjective
- • Extensive in length
- • Stretched
- • (of a polyhedron) having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The cat's body appeared elongated as it stretched out on the floor."
- • "She wore an elongated necklace that reached down to her waist."
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New York Times20 Feb 1977 | Down 11 | |
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