Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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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 T.
A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing this word and…
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SHIFT
noun
/ʃɪft/
A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).
Difficulty 2.5/10
SHIFT has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
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Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.8
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity4.0
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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SHIFT has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
Letters. No repeated letters. 1 vowel (I).
Pattern. CCVCC. Starts with S, ends with T.
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