Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer Sep 3 #441
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It's a noun — a thing, not an action or a describing word.
One letter appears twice, and those copies sit next to each other.
It begins with G.
It ends with Y.
A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
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GLY
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GULLY
noun
/ˈɡʌli/
A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
Difficulty 6.5/10
GULLY hides a doubled L, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit. The familiar -LY ending keeps everyday lookalikes alive.
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Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.3
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity7.5
Trap risk5.3
Why?
The main pressure is ambiguity (7.5/10).
Moderate challenge: consecutive repeated letter keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
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GULLY hides a doubled L, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit. The familiar -LY ending keeps everyday lookalikes alive.
Letters. L appears twice in a row — the main trap. 1 vowel (U).
Pattern. CVCCC. Starts with G, ends with Y.
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