Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Juan de Fuca, e.g. (6 letter answer)
The Answer
STRAIT
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Notes
The answer STRAIT is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.
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___ of Gibraltar
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Predicament
Bering or Hudson
Commercial passage
Gibraltar or Hormuz
Kind of jacket
Magellan, e.g.
Mariner's passage
Narrow passage
Narrow waterway
Narrow way
Nautical passage
Nautical passageway
Naval route
Sea route
Shipping route
Ship's passage
View from Gibraltar
Water passage
East River, e.g.
Jacket or laced leader
Narrow water passage
Passage off Gibraltar
Word with jacket or laced
Definition
STRAIT as a noun:
1. (strait, sound) = a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
2. (pass, strait, straits) = a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
STRAIT as an adjective:
1. strict and severe; "strait is the gate"