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Whodunit Clues #7 hints and answer, 7 November 2026
Hints go from gentle to obvious. Nothing is revealed until you tap it, so you can stop as soon as it clicks.
The puzzle
Deep eerie woods hide a fencing sword. (4)
💡 Hint 1
Wordplay: a hidden word. The answer is sitting inside the clue, letters in a row, possibly across words.
💡 Hint 2
Look very closely at “Deep eerie”.
💡 Hint 3
It starts with E.
🔓 Answer
EPEE
Why it works
EPEE is hiding in plain sight inside “Deep eerie”. “hide” is the signal. The definition is “fencing sword”.
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