Three of its five letters are vowels.
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Wordle Answer Jan 26 #951
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It's an adjective — a describing word, not an action or a thing.
One letter appears twice, and those copies sit next to each other.
It begins with A.
It ends with F.
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
Two letters remain hidden.
AOF
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ALOOF
adjective
/əˈluːf/
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
Difficulty 4.4/10
ALOOF hides a doubled O, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
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4.4/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.3
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity5.5
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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ALOOF 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 (A, O, O). F as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. VCVVC. Starts with A, ends with F.
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