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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%8Exact Match!
246%9Colourless salt used in analytical chemistry
337%7Partly black and partly white

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We think the answer is "INCHOATE" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  • noun
  • • A beginning, an immature start.
  • verb
  • • To begin or start (something).
  • • To cause or bring about.
  • • To make a start.
  • adjective
  • • Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
  • • Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
  • • Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The project is still in an inchoate stage, and we have a lot of work to do."
  • • "Her ideas for the novel were inchoate, lacking clear structure or direction."

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