Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer Feb 9 #965
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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 S.
It ends with F.
A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
Two letters remain hidden.
SIF
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STIFF
noun
/stɪf/
A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
Difficulty 4.2/10
STIFF hides a doubled F, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
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4.2/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.9
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity4.5
Trap risk3.0
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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STIFF hides a doubled F, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Letters. F appears twice in a row — the main trap. 1 vowel (I). F as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. CCVCC. Starts with S, ends with F.
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