Three of its five letters are 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 P.
It ends with E.
A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
Two letters remain hidden.
PQE
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PIQUE
noun
/piːk/
A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
Difficulty 5.6/10
PIQUE has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
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5.6/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.7
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity6.5
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The main pressure is ambiguity (6.5/10).
Familiar feel with a vowel-heavy shape; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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PIQUE has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
Letters. No repeated letters. 3 vowels (I, U, E).
Pattern. CVCVV. Starts with P, ends with E.
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