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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 39% | 10 | Contest or lottery in which winners are chosen by a random selection process | |
3 | 33% | 8 | Relating to the winners of a dramatic or choral contest | |
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We think the answer is "TUG-OF-WAR" which means:
- noun
- • Any hard struggle between equally matched groups
- • A contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses
An example sentence would be:
- • "The children played tug-of-war in the backyard."
- • "The tug-of-war competition was intense between the two teams."
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