Change my vowel to 'I' and I ponder a difficult puzzle; change it to 'U' and I am a heavy, hollow thud; keep my 'A' and I am the grateful word spoken before every Thanksgiving feast. What word am I?
Thank
Wordplay on the vowel shifts: Think (ponder), Thunk (hollow sound), and Thank (expression of gratitude).
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