Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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It's an adjective — a describing word, not an action or a thing.
No letter repeats, and the pattern is uncommon in casual speech.
It begins with F.
It ends with Y.
(of a person) Unreliable.
Two letters remain hidden.
FAY
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FLAKY
adjective
/ˈfleɪkiː/
(of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
Difficulty 6.1/10
FLAKY has no repeats, so once a few letters land, several similar five-letter neighbors can still look equally plausible.
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Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.6
Duplicates1.0
Ambiguity5.5
Familiar feel with a balanced letter pattern; most solvers should land it without burning many guesses.
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FLAKY 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).
Pattern. CCVCC. Starts with F, ends with Y.
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