Spelling Bee from August 17, 2025
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Answers
Clues
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I guess you could say that Aesop was a ____; he told fables that usually had a strong moral to them.
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Hints
- Four words have “etic” at the end.
- You can find three words that start with “dedic”.
- “dict” appears at the start of three words.
- “deic” is found at the start of three words.
- Two words have been adopted from Sanskrit.
- One of the words is used in mathematics.
- One of the words is used in law.
Missing words
These words can be made with the letters in spelling bee but were not in included the answer set.
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