What word starts with the letter E, ends with the letter E, and contains only one single letter inside?
Envelope
The word 'envelope' starts with E, ends with E, and contains the single letter 'l' (or contains a letter 'lope'). Wait, 'Envelope' starts with E, ends with E, and contains 'nvelope'. Let's rethink: 'Eye' starts with E, ends with E, and contains 'y'.
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