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Ninety nine words hold A second and I third, and nearly half of them finish with S.
S closes forty six of the ninety nine, forty six percent. Nothing else comes close, with E and Y on eleven each.
So if you have ruled out a plural, you have cut the field roughly in half in one move. That is a bigger saving than anything the first box offers.
R, L and N take fifty five of the ninety nine between them. DAIRY, NAILS and PAINT show the three shapes, and together they cover more ground than every other fourth letter combined.
DAILY, SAINT, FAITH, PAINT and RAISE are the everyday members. HAIRY, DAIRY and FAIRY sit just behind them.
The pair sits at positions two and three, so the word carries on for two more letters after it. PAINT and PAINS both fit, but PLAIN does not, because its A and I sit further along.
They overlap only in the A and I. SAINT puts N in the fourth box and T at the end, while DAILY tests L and Y.
A water nymph in Greek myth, and also a type of aquatic insect. It is one of four entries here that end in D.
Two of the ninety nine do, so a repeated letter is worth ruling out early on this page.