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Updated June 2026
Plural of cirrus; wispy cloud formations, or slender appendages in biology.
“Delicate cirri streaked across the high blue sky.”
cir·ri
"Cirri" repeats a letter (3 unique of 5), so it rules out fewer options as an opening guess. Its 2 vowels balance the consonants.
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