Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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It's a verb — an action or state, not a thing or describing word.
One letter appears twice, but not as a consecutive pair.
It begins with C.
It ends with Y.
In a coy manner.
Two letters remain hidden.
CYY
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COYLY
adverb
/ˈkɔɪli/
In a coy manner.
Difficulty 5.9/10
COYLY repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits. The familiar -LY ending keeps everyday lookalikes alive.
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5.9/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.3
Duplicates5.5
Ambiguity7.5
Why?
The main pressure is ambiguity (7.5/10).
Moderate challenge: repeated letter keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
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COYLY repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits. The familiar -LY ending keeps everyday lookalikes alive.
Letters. Y repeat(s) inside the word. 1 vowel (O).
Pattern. CVCCC. Starts with C, ends with Y.
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