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Puzzle #1592 · 2025-10-28
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Puzzle #1592 · 2025-10-28
Today's answer is most often used as a noun. It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants, and it repeats at least one letter. Its Scrabble score is 11.
Definition & origin
HOLLY — Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
Today’s puzzle includes a double letter, which often trips players up and makes it harder to cover all possibilities in just a few guesses.