It contains two vowels.
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It's a noun — a thing, not an action or a describing word.
One letter appears twice, but not as a consecutive pair.
It begins with K.
It ends with I.
A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
Two letters remain hidden.
KAI
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KHAKI
noun
/ˈkɑː.ki/
A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
Difficulty 5.1/10
KHAKI repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
Difficulty
5.1/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.5
Duplicates5.5
Ambiguity6.0
Why?
The main pressure is ambiguity (6/10).
Moderate challenge: repeated letter keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
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KHAKI repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
Letters. K repeat(s) inside the word. 2 vowels (A, I). I as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. CCVCV. Starts with K, ends with I.
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