Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer Aug 22 #1525
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It's an adjective — a describing word, not an action or a thing.
One letter appears twice, and those copies sit next to each other.
It begins with R.
It ends with Y.
Similar to a rat; ratlike.
Two letters remain hidden.
RTY
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RATTY
adjective
/ˈɹati/
Similar to a rat; ratlike.
Difficulty 6.5/10
RATTY hides a doubled T, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
Difficulty
6.5/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.2
Duplicates7.0
Ambiguity6.0
Trap risk6.5
Why?
The main pressure is duplicates (7/10).
Lookalikes around _ATTY can burn guesses.
Moderate challenge: consecutive repeated letter keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests. Trap pattern _ATTY raises lookalike risk.
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RATTY 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. 1 vowel (A).
Pattern. CVCCC. Starts with R, ends with Y.
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