Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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It's an adjective — a describing word, not an action or a thing.
No letter repeats, and the pattern is uncommon in casual speech.
It begins with R.
It ends with Y.
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
Two letters remain hidden.
RSY
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RUSTY
adjective
/ˈɹʌsti/
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
Difficulty 3.8/10
RUSTY has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
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3.8/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.7
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity5.5
Trap risk5.3
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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RUSTY 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 (U).
Pattern. CVCCC. Starts with R, ends with Y.
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