Spelling Bee from October 5, 2025
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Answers
Clues
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Type species
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The development or course of development especially of an individual organism
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Any of a genus (Paeonia of the family Paeoniaceae) of chiefly Eurasian plants with large often double flowers
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A thin soft fabric of Chinese origin woven from raw silk
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Hints
- “pon” appears at the start of five words.
- Five words use “ent” at the end.
- Three words have Italian as their source language.
- “ton” appears at the start of four words.
- “ony” is found at the end of four words.
- Two words come from Chinese.
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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