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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ETYMOLOGY Study of the history and origin of words and their meaning (9) (9)
7% SENSE Contextual word's meaning (5) Newsday Nov 28, 2025
7% MESHUGA Yiddish word meaning "foolish" (7) Universal Nov 26, 2025
7% PASTS Histories (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 24, 2025
7% REST "And the ___ is history!" (4)
7% ORAL Word before "history" or "exam" (4) USA Today Nov 8, 2025
7% READS Studies (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 4, 2025
7% ETYMONLINE Web reference for word origins (10) The Atlantic Nov 2, 2025
7% DEF Word's meaning, for short (3) Newsday Oct 26, 2025
7% SESH Word after "study" or "gossip" (4) USA Today Oct 25, 2025
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