Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer Jan 8 #203
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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 C.
It ends with K.
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a…
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CRANK
noun
/kɹæŋk/
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
Difficulty 3.5/10
CRANK 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 rarity2.6
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity4.0
Trap risk4.2
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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CRANK has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
Letters. No repeated letters. 1 vowel (A). K as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. CCVCC. Starts with C, ends with K.
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