It contains two vowels.
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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 L.
It ends with H.
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
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LEH
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LEECH
noun
/liːtʃ/
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
Difficulty 4.4/10
LEECH hides a doubled E, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
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Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.2
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity4.5
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The main pressure is duplicates (7/10).
Familiar feel with a consecutive repeated letter; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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LEECH hides a doubled E, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Letters. E appears twice in a row — the main trap. 2 vowels (E, E). H as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. CVVCC. Starts with L, ends with H.
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