Three of its five letters are vowels.
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Wordle Answer Mar 18 #272
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It's a verb — an action or state, not a thing or describing word.
No letter repeats, and the pattern is uncommon in casual speech.
It begins with S.
It ends with E.
To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust…
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SAUTE
verb
To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.
Difficulty 3.0/10
SAUTE 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 rarity1.9
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity6.5
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The main pressure is ambiguity (6.5/10).
Familiar feel with a vowel-heavy shape; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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SAUTE has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
Letters. No repeated letters. 3 vowels (A, U, E).
Pattern. CVVCV. Starts with S, ends with E.
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