Change my first letter to an 'F' and I become a group of ships; change my first two letters to 'SH' and I am bed linens. What slippery winter mix of rain and ice am I?
Sleet
The solution is sleet, which is a slushy winter mixture of rain and frozen ice pellets. Replacing the initial 'S' with an 'F' spells 'fleet', describing a naval collection of ships, while substituting 'SH' creates 'sheet'. Testing different onset consonants against a shared word ending guides you to the correct answer.
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