Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer May 5 #1416
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It's a verb — an action or state, not a thing or describing word.
More than one letter repeats inside the word.
It begins with S.
It ends with H.
To be quiet; to keep quiet.
Two letters remain hidden.
SUH
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SHUSH
verb
/ʃʊʃ/
To be quiet; to keep quiet.
Difficulty 6.5/10
SHUSH repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
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Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.0
Duplicates5.5
Ambiguity4.5
Familiar feel with a repeated letter; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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SHUSH repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
Letters. S and H repeat(s) inside the word. 1 vowel (U). H as a closer is less tested than E, T, S, or Y.
Pattern. CCVCC. Starts with S, ends with H.
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