Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer May 4 #684
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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 tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for…
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GUPPY
noun
/ˈɡʌpi/
A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males.
Difficulty 7.8/10
GUPPY hides a doubled P, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Difficulty
7.8/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.8
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity6.0
Why?
The main pressure is duplicates (7/10).
Moderate challenge: consecutive repeated letter keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
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GUPPY hides a doubled P, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Letters. P appears twice in a row — the main trap. 1 vowel (U).
Pattern. CVCCC. Starts with G, ends with Y.
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