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Mystery Word #204

Floor 2 · Medium

About room #204

Answer chosen from
1004
Tries
6
Strict rule
no

Room #204 draws its answer from a wider pool of 1004 common five-letter words, so the obvious guess is less likely.

A strong first guess on this floor is LATER: five different letters that are frequent among the answers.

By the third guess, count the letters still possible for each position — it is usually fewer than it seems.

Answers from the most common two thirds of five-letter words.

Stuck? Open a hint

Hint 1: vowels

The word has 2 vowels.

Hint 2: double letters

No, all five letters are different.

Hint 3: first and last letter

It starts with C and ends with L.

Show the word

CAROL

Rules of Mystery Word · Word shapes: how English words are put together