It contains two vowels.
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It's a noun — a thing, not an action or a describing word.
No letter repeats, and the pattern is uncommon in casual speech.
It begins with I.
It ends with Y.
The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
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IOY
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IVORY
noun
/ˈaɪvəɹi/
The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
Difficulty 4.9/10
IVORY has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
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Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.1
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity5.5
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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IVORY has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
Letters. No repeated letters. 2 vowels (I, O).
Pattern. VCVCC. Starts with I, ends with Y.
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