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Today Puzzle #708

What has four lettToday’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Hugh Hunt, Reader in Engineering Dynamics and Vibration at Trinity

College, Cambridgeers, never has five letters, always has six letters. How many letters does it have?

It has two letters

Count the letters.

W-h-a-t has four letters, n-e-v-e-r has five letters, a-l-w-a-y-s has six

letters, i-t has two letters.

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