Adapt.
Some five letter words with L in the middle are:agletaglowailedallayalleyallotallowalloyatlasbaldybalmybalsabelaybelchbeliebellybelowbilgebulgebulkybullybylawcellociliacoliccoloncolordallydelaydelftdeltadelvedillydollyfalsefelonfilchfillyfilthfoliofollyfullygollyhalvehelixhellohillyidleriglooinlayinletisletjellyjollyjulepmelonmilkymolarmulchnylonphloxpilafpilotpolarpoliopolkapolyppulsepylonrallyrelaxrelayrelicrulersaladsalsasaltysalvesalvosilkysolarsolidsolvesulfasulkysullysylphtallytalontelextuliptulleuplitvaletvalidvalorvaluevalvewaltzwelshzilch
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5 letter words with Y in the middle: * foyer * keyed * loyal * layer * maybe * payee * payed * royal * rayon * tryst
Scarf is a five letter word for muffler.
A five letter word, second letter F is after or often.
Trend
beach
It could be: 'super'
fever
reset
A five-letter word that means "maybe" is "might."
Some five letter words with L in the middle are:agletaglowailedallayalleyallotallowalloyatlasbaldybalmybalsabelaybelchbeliebellybelowbilgebulgebulkybullybylawcellociliacoliccoloncolordallydelaydelftdeltadelvedillydollyfalsefelonfilchfillyfilthfoliofollyfullygollyhalvehelixhellohillyidleriglooinlayinletisletjellyjollyjulepmelonmilkymolarmulchnylonphloxpilafpilotpolarpoliopolkapolyppulsepylonrallyrelaxrelayrelicrulersaladsalsasaltysalvesalvosilkysolarsolidsolvesulfasulkysullysylphtallytalontelextuliptulleuplitvaletvalidvalorvaluevalvewaltzwelshzilch
MIDDLE
empty
The five-letter word with "a" in the middle is "brave." Other examples include "crane," "flame," and "grape." Each of these words has "a" as the third letter, fitting your criteria.
The word is empty. If you take away the first, last and middle letter the word sounds like mpty, empt and emty.
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