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Updated June 2026
a genus of aquatic plants; also variant of naiad
“The naias grew in the shallow freshwater lake.”
"Naias" repeats a letter (4 unique of 5), so it rules out fewer options as an opening guess. Its 3 vowels help pin down vowel positions early.
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