It contains two vowels.
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Wordle Answer Aug 12 #54
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It's a noun — a thing, not an action or a describing word.
More than one letter repeats inside the word.
It begins with B.
It ends with Y.
A stupid person.
Two letters remain hidden.
BOY
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BOOBY
noun
/ˈbuːbi/
A stupid person.
Difficulty 7.8/10
BOOBY hides a doubled B, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Difficulty
7.8/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.3
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity6.0
Trap risk3.0
Why?
The main pressure is duplicates (7/10).
Moderate challenge: consecutive repeated letter keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
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BOOBY hides a doubled B, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Letters. B appears twice in a row — the main trap. 2 vowels (O, O).
Pattern. CVVCC. Starts with B, ends with Y.
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