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"what" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often eh (2 letters).
Definitions
Used to ask which thing, amount, kind, or action is meant.
Word origin
From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”), neuter form of *kʷós (“who”).
Used in a sentence
“What colour are you going to use?”
“What time is it?”
“What kind of car is that?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Which thing”4 letters
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