Word Salad 398

Word Salad 398 April 2, 2025
We were able to uncover a total of five answers for Puzzle No. 398 which had these letters: E C B W K L A P G D S R O O E T.
There four 5-letter words, and one 4-letter words, so you need solve five words to complete it.
All the words we solved lie below but before them we put some hints which you can reveal by taping the plus (+) sign.

Answer hints may help you figure it out yourself. Go straight to the answers if you ran out of patience.

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B* * * K 5 letters
definition
The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
E* * * R 5 letters
definition
An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
G* * * E 5 letters
definition
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
R* * P 4 letters
definition
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
S* * * W 5 letters
definition
A dried stalk of a cereal plant.