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Below you will find 9 well-known five letter words, with only their endings remaining. Once you have found the words, their initial letters can be anagrammed into a 9-letter word. What is the word?

..XIC
..IEN
..NRE
..PPO
..PIL
..LOO
..DAY
..UIP
..ELF

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Answer: Spaghetti.

..XIC >> TOXIC
..IEN >> ALIEN
..NRE >> GENRE
..PPO >> HIPPO
..PIL >> PUPIL
..LOO >> IGLOO
..DAY >> TODAY
..UIP >> EQUIP
..ELF >> SHELF

Giving the letters TAGHPITES, which is an anagram of SPAGHETTI.

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