It contains two vowels.
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It's a noun — a thing, not an action or a describing word.
No letter repeats, and the pattern is uncommon in casual speech.
It begins with S.
It ends with E.
Something this word; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
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STALE
noun
/steɪl/
Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
Difficulty 4.0/10
STALE has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible. The familiar -LE ending keeps everyday lookalikes alive.
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Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity1.7
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity7.0
Trap risk6.5
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The main pressure is ambiguity (7/10).
Lookalikes around STA_E can burn guesses.
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses. Trap pattern STA_E raises lookalike risk.
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STALE has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible. The familiar -LE ending keeps everyday lookalikes alive.
Letters. No repeated letters. 2 vowels (A, E).
Pattern. CCVCV. Starts with S, ends with E.
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