Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer Apr 20 #1401
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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 P.
It ends with H.
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old…
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PATCH
noun
/pætʃ/
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
Difficulty 6.2/10
PATCH has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
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6.2/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.7
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity4.0
Trap risk7.6
Why?
The main pressure is trap risk (7.6/10).
Lookalikes around _ATCH can burn guesses.
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses. Trap pattern _ATCH raises lookalike risk.
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PATCH 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). H as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. CVCCC. Starts with P, ends with H.
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