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 K.
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Two letters remain hidden.
SAK
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SHANK
noun
/ʃæŋk/
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Difficulty 3.8/10
SHANK has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
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3.8/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.9
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity4.0
Trap risk3.0
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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SHANK 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 (A). K as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. CCVCC. Starts with S, ends with K.
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