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"might" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often may (3 letters).
Definitions
Power, strength, or possibility.
Word origin
From Middle English maught, might, miȝt, myght, from Old English maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht, mæht (“ability, power; strength; virtue”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (“ability, power; force, strength”), from Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe (“to be able to, to have power”), from *megʰ- (“to be able”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”) + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th.
Used in a sentence
“[…]ſtrengthed with all myght, thꝛough his gloꝛious power, unto all pacience and long ſufferyng with ioifulneſſe[…]”
“Since every nation considers itself right, peace lies in balancing the military mights of the possible rivals.”
“He pushed with all his might, but still it would not move.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Strength or power”5 letters
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