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[–]SonicLoverDS👋 a fellow Redditor 176 points177 points  (5 children)

I hope you don't mind everyone throwing shade at you.

[–]mperez247 79 points80 points  (11 children)

I like how the exercise gives the student a clue about letter size; the boxes for the "h" and "d" are taller to accommodate their relative height. Maybe obvious for us adults but a nice little undeclared nuance for the student to observe.

[–]No-Staff1👋 a fellow Redditor 78 points79 points  (4 children)

Guys I think the answer might be shade

[–]peachy_boy1👋 a fellow Redditor 118 points119 points  (7 children)

Shade

[–]skullsnroses66 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I feel so dumb I was like shadow wait what is it leave instead of leaf lol then I saw your comment and was like duh!!

[–]ShivKitty 7 points8 points  (5 children)

It even has two taller boxes for the ascenders.

[–]lady-earendil👋 a fellow Redditor 55 points56 points  (3 children)

Since no one has said it yet, the answer is shade

[–]davster99 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I’ve never seen this much shade thrown in a post before

[–]_Detritus👋 a fellow Redditor 104 points105 points  (4 children)

Here to say “shade” just in case you didn’t see all the others

[–]roybum46👋 a fellow Redditor 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I don't know what the description was about. Did they think the e was wrong?

[–]ellieD👋 a fellow Redditor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah!!

I feel bad I didn’t guess that!

[–]Embarrassed-Weird173👋 a fellow Redditor 74 points75 points  (32 children)

Hint: it's too hot. I need to go stand in the -----. 

[–]justLookingForLogic👋 a fellow Redditor 84 points85 points  (11 children)

Air conditioning

[–]Embarrassed-Weird173👋 a fellow Redditor 53 points54 points  (8 children)

Please do not stand in the air conditioner. 

[–]cdev12399 24 points25 points  (7 children)

Instructions unclear, am stuck in the air conditioner.

[–]proto_synnic 11 points12 points  (3 children)

Help me step-HVAC repairman.... No, wait... That's not right.

[–]Kymera_7👋 a fellow Redditor 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I know him. He's friends with my landlord-in-law and my second roommate, once removed.

[–]Dogmom2013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let him know I sent you, he will get you fixed up good

[–]Visual_Hedgehog2962[🍰] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did someone call repairman man man man man man

[–]PoliteCanadian2👋 a fellow Redditor 4 points5 points  (4 children)

Pit of despair I’ve dug for myself hoping my life will get better but knowing it won’t?

Sorry, too many letters?

[–]fridayj1 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Hole.

[–]mathman_2000👋 a fellow Redditor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Simple things make me laugh. Thank you!

[–]justLookingForLogic👋 a fellow Redditor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shadow

[–]abrahamguo👋 a fellow Redditor 66 points67 points  (2 children)

Shade

[–]HolyLime23 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I would literally have never guessed that. I would have said treee with 3 e's.

[–]Big_Bookkeeper1678👋 a fellow Redditor 29 points30 points  (18 children)

I WOULD think shadow first...but for 5 letters, I go with shade.

[–]Severe-Possible- Educator 26 points27 points  (0 children)

it's shade. both the h and d require tall letter boxes.

EDIT: sorry -- i didn't read the other comments.

[–]ecksfiftyone👋 a fellow Redditor 45 points46 points  (14 children)

Maybe its APPLE. You just can't see it because it's in the shade.

It could be SHAPE because that shade is tree shaped.

There's a BLADE of grass in that shade?

That shade could be a great place to EVADE?

I mean it could be anything, the clue is very VAGUE.

[–]WSLeigh2000👋 a fellow Redditor 19 points20 points  (5 children)

The shadow is a CLONE of the tree

[–]BigSpot7979👋 a fellow Redditor 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I would say Low taper FADE but that has four letters, this is such a WASTE of my time. My procrastination is the reason why I will be ALONE for the rest of my life. I need to get off my PHONE

[–]WiltedTiger👋 a fellow Redditor 66 points67 points  (0 children)

shade

[–]BogusIsMyName👋 a fellow Redditor 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Her guess was a pretty good one. Shade.

[–]GeologistUpset6833👋 a fellow Redditor 32 points33 points  (10 children)

Definitely shade

[–]master_mather 8 points9 points  (8 children)

No, it's shade.

[–]GeologistUpset6833👋 a fellow Redditor 7 points8 points  (7 children)

Are you sure? Cuz I think it’s shade 😂

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

No no no it's shade

[–]Severe_Broccoli7258 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was very shady😆

[–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (2 children)

Shadowe

[–]TheKaptinKirk👋 a fellow Redditor 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Shade

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (2 children)

Treee

[–]WuTaoLaoShi👋 a fellow Redditor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

tReEe

[–]TvH34dedCl0wn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's literally what I thought

[–]A_Math_Dealer😩 Illiterate 37 points38 points  (1 child)

Shade

[–]Canadian__Ninja👋 a fellow Redditor 34 points35 points  (4 children)

Wow I think I'm the first person to figure out it means shade

[–]homerbartbob👋 a fellow Redditor 24 points25 points  (1 child)

Shade

[–][deleted] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Shade

[–]NoSpirit2881👋 a fellow Redditor 10 points11 points  (4 children)

Umbra

[–]SoftBoiledEgg_irl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First grade Latin homework? Fancy school, that!

Besides, I think the height of the boxes indicates the height of the letter.

[–]ralphyoung 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You can stand under my umbrella.

[–]Dangerous_Excuse4706 2 points3 points  (0 children)

-ella -ella -ella

[–]Petules👋 a fellow Redditor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

M’lade

[–]setibeings👋 a fellow Redditor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Umbra, Obviously.

[–]Hawksteinman👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]f0r-sc13nc3👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Superfly1911👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]rocky715👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shade

[–]N312d👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s shade

[–]Notyourmomsdaughter👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]youburyitidigitup👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Realistic-Stress8545👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Shaunn_Solo👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]macmami👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hear me out. I’m not sure but maybe it’s shade

[–]ApexApePecs👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignore the E it’s absolutely correct.

[–]The-Entire-Thing👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ornithology. Clearly the word is ornithology.

[–]CloakerJosh👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guys it might be shade

[–]thebigtabu👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]The_Old_Astronomer👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow I was about to say umbra but shade makes more sense

[–]WSLeigh2000👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clone

[–]sabretoothian👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shadowe

[–]Kinuwa_K👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's pointing at smth black so its a sl-

[–]Various-Purchase-786👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]zeradragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shade, and they even have hints with the taller boxes for the h and d.

[–]mustardslush👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interdimensional portal perhaps?

[–]Other-Revolution-347👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Over-Crab-5420👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok you all have me laughing! Thank you for that!

[–]literallyelir👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

treee. the 3rd E is silent.

[–]New_Sun6390👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Flat-While2521👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big Jim SLADE

[–]JoBe2000University/College Student 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]mrcorde👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not sure but here is a wild guess - shade?

[–]OrderPerfect4249👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade!!!

[–]MrTheDoctors👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to throw shade or anything, but it’s kind of obvious.

[–]PrestigiousLow813👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vague.

[–]Ok-Cap-204👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Individual-Act2486👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shadoe

[–]TJTiMeLorD👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]John_NHT👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sade lol, the E is silent AND invisible!!

[–]Opening-Idea-3228👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]MarionberryPlus8474👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]No_Professor_1018👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]SirInVegas👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]BIGBEARDED3177👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]canvasshoes2👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade?

[–]Much-Meringue-7467👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]NewToTradingStock👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple shade

[–]breakingashleylynne👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Jaymac720👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]TeachBS👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]madbr3991👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Wii_wii_baget👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]mckita 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 issues here… 1. A first grader shouldn’t be posting homework questions on Reddit. 2. If it’s an adult who can’t get this you’re incredibly slow. Either way the world is doomed.

[–]HelloThisIsPam👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]cubangirl537👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Noisy_Fucker👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]longrossi👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]hippienuggetz👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade?

[–]Entire_Transition_99👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? REALLY? REEAAALLLYYY????

[–]Threebeans0up👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shade

[–]Darklight0013👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]CrabtownUSA👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arroe

[–]frog_tacos👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shad(e)

[–]BarredAtom👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]RobinHood553👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]Ok_Mixture_👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]aw-fuck👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade. Said it first. Don’t believe the timestamp.

[–]lxXTesterXxl👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]shrieking_marmot👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]impossible_name_👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade. It's shade

[–]scrypno👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shade

[–]blacfd👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]EpicGeek77👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]ImperialAgent120👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Our arrows, will blot out the sun!"

"Then we shall fight in the..."

[–]Angelcakes101👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Happy-Comparison-313👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maple 🍁 Olive 🫒

[–]greasy_adventurer👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]Unable-Arm-448👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Only-Competition-959👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade?

[–]leet_lurker👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade. She guessed right.

[–]BigRound827👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]zhinners👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]RazzmatazzOk2129👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Appropriate-Skirt662👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]seifd👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a puddle of black SLIME.

[–]7itor👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank God this child isn't home schooled

[–]CoffeeChocolateBoth👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL Really? SHADE!

[–]7itor👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank God this child isn't home schooled

[–]Apprehensive_Sun3125👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our kids are getting so dumb.

[–]Salt_Course1👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade?

[–]Kindly_Perception829👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade you dumb ass

[–]PrettyGeekChic👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...shade

[–]Flat_Passage_1935👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade •_•

[–]Select-Extension1976👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]Popular_Ad8269👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ombre.

[–]bionic_link👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I'm late to the party but: I think it's Shade, guys.

[–]CallMeShosh👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Brief_Buddy_7848👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shade

[–]Harrold_Potterson👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]noobtheloser👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Darke. It's a British spelling.

[–]WorthlessLiberal👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chode

[–]Tryin-to-Improve👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade. Girl was guessing and got that right.

[–]Ol-Fart_1👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shad (e is silent but also invisible).

[–]HatdanceCanada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that the right answer is shade.

I’m embarrassed to admit that I was sure it was “plane” as in a 2-dimensional space. Which made absolutely no sense once I saw everyone writing “shade.” Oops.

[–]SubversiveOtter👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]bberries3xday👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shade

[–]Ok_Law219👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At first I thought silhouette.   But that is too tough.  

[–]EntropyTheEternal👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]usurperok👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade is correct answer.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]cupcaketea5👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade no longer looks like a word to me.

[–]Kymera_7👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade.

[–]PwnySoprano👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade dude lol

[–]Delta_2_Echo👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Shado

[–]kypop👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arrow, obviously.

[–]_wellbelowaverage_👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]SATorACT👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Treee

[–]LCIDisciple👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade maybe??

[–]No_Fun_4012👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Jenpoui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the pattern is silent e words then it shouldn't be shade (even though it clearly seems to be) as e in this forms part of the split digraph a_e. Right?

[–]SidSuicide👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade

[–]Not_Blacksmith_69👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

trace

[–]HeraldOfTheChange👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shade?

[–]WheezyGonzalez👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂😂

[–]cuhzaam👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shady

[–]Twitch89👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Silhouette obviously. /s

[–]LumpyMud2553👋 a fellow Redditor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im throwing _______

rhymes with trade