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Name That Becomes A Shape If You Switch The Second And Fourth Letters

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99%4OLAVExact Match!
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68%4Shape that becomes a name if you switch the second and fourth letters
noun

• a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

adjective satellite

• rounded like an egg

41%5 Stringed instrument that becomes an exclamation if you switch its second and third letters
noun

• a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

• any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola

• large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

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New York Times13 Jul 2025 Across 22 OLAV
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