Only one of its five letters is a vowel.
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Wordle Answer May 13 #1789
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It's a noun — a thing, not an action or a describing word.
One letter appears twice, but not as a consecutive pair.
It begins with D.
It ends with Y.
A plain or shabby person.
Two letters remain hidden.
DWY
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DOWDY
noun
/ˈdaʊdi/
A plain or shabby person
Difficulty 7.6/10
DOWDY repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
Difficulty
7.6/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.6
Duplicates5.5
Ambiguity6.0
Trap risk3.0
Why?
The main pressure is ambiguity (6/10).
Moderate challenge: repeated letter keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
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DOWDY repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
Letters. D repeat(s) inside the word. 1 vowel (O).
Pattern. CVCCC. Starts with D, ends with Y.
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