Water that sounds weird (4)

I believe the answer is:

erie

'water that sounds weird' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for erie that I've seen before include "Great lake in Eire" , "North american lake sounds spooky" , "Spooky-sounding" , "One of the Great Lakes" , "Buffalo's lake" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday and the Newsday.com.

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