% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "IBEFOREE"

IBEFOREE
Spelling principle
Spelling mnemonic
Start of a spelling mnemonic
Start of a speller's shibboleth
Start of a spelling rule
Start of a rule broken by foreigners?
Rule broken by Heidi?
Start of an English rule, and this puzzle's theme
Start of a rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly?
Start of a rule with numerous exceptions
Start of a spelling rule broken by deists?
Rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly?
Start of a school rule
Rule often disobeyed by foreigners
Spelling rule that ends "except after C"
Start of a three-R rule rhyme
With 7-Down, an ordering principle
Rule broken in leisure?
Start of a weird infraction?
First part of an English "rule"
Rule that's often broken
Part of a spelling rule defied by science?
___, except after c
Part of a spelling rule, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Rule broken by forfeiting?
General spelling rule, and what must be imagined in the starred clues to make them accurate
Exceptional English rule