Three of its five letters are vowels.
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Wordle Answer May 22 #702
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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 I.
It ends with O.
A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
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Two letters remain hidden.
ILO
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IGLOO
noun
/ˈɪɡluː/
A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
Difficulty 4.5/10
IGLOO hides a doubled O, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
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Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.2
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity7.0
Why?
The main pressure is duplicates (7/10).
Moderate challenge: consecutive repeated letter, vowel-heavy shape keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
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IGLOO hides a doubled O, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Letters. O appears twice in a row — the main trap. 3 vowels (I, O, O). O as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. VCCVV. Starts with I, ends with O.
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