Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer Oct 16 #1580
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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 C.
It ends with Y.
(of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.
Two letters remain hidden.
CTY
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CATTY
adjective
/ˈkæti/
(of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.
Difficulty 6.7/10
CATTY hides a doubled T, so players who avoid testing repeats often burn a guess on near-neighbors before they commit.
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6.7/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity2.5
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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CATTY 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 C, ends with Y.
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