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The Clue
Discoverer of Orion's fifth star (5 letter answer)
The Answer
HOOKE
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Notes
The answer HOOKE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Definition
HOOKE as a noun:
1. (Hooke, Robert Hooke) = English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)