It contains two vowels.
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Wordle Answer Aug 16 #1519
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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 M.
It ends with E.
A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
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MTE
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MATTE
noun
/mæt/
A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
Similar: mat, matting, passe-partout
Difficulty 6.6/10
MATTE hides a doubled T, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
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6.6/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity1.9
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity6.0
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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MATTE hides a doubled T, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Letters. T appears twice in a row — the main trap. 2 vowels (A, E).
Pattern. CVCCV. Starts with M, ends with E.
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