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Updated June 2026
Relating to Lake Erie or the Erie people; also variant of eerie.
“The erie mists rising off the lake created an unsettling atmosphere.”
e·rie
"Erie" repeats a letter (3 unique of 4), so it rules out fewer options as an opening guess. Its 3 vowels help pin down vowel positions early.
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