Two of the same letter.
About one five-letter answer in three uses a letter more than once, and one in seven has the same letter twice in a row. Here is every GuessWord answer with a double letter, grouped by pair, plus the patterns that tell you when to guess one.
| Pattern | Daily | Infinite | Guest play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repeats any letter | 27.6% | 34.4% | 33.2% |
| Double side by side (BOOTH) | 12.4% | 15.3% | 13.0% |
| Repeat apart only (EAGLE) | 15.2% | 19.1% | 20.1% |
| Same letter three times | 3 words | 13 words | 21 words |
Repeats are far more common than most players expect. Across the 2,184 Daily and Infinite answers, 32% repeat a letter and 14% have a side-by-side double — 313 words in all. A repeat with letters apart, like the two E's in EAGLE, is even more common than a double.
OO, EE and LL are in a league of their own, with 59, 53 and 51 answers each. Then comes SS (31), FF and TT (19 each), PP (15), NN (14) and RR (12). Every other double is rare: MM 9, DD 7, GG 7, ZZ 6, BB 6, CC 3, and just one answer each for VV (SAVVY) and II (RADII). There are no AA, HH, KK, UU, WW or YY doubles at all.
| Letters | 1st–2nd | 2nd–3rd | 3rd–4th | 4th–5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers | 3 | 63 | 174 | 73 |
More than half of all doubles sit in the 3rd and 4th letters — the __OO_ of BLOOD, the __EE_ of GREEN, the __LL_ of HELLO. A double at the very start is almost unheard of (only LLAMA, OOMPH and EERIE).
At the end of the word, four doubles in five are LL, SS or FF: SKILL, CLASS, STAFF. And one double in four is followed by a final Y — FUNNY, HAPPY, BERRY, JAZZY. If you have a consonant in the third spot and a Y at the end, try doubling the consonant.
All 313 Daily and Infinite answers with the same letter twice in a row, grouped by the double.
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| Letter | Answers | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| E | 104 | DENSE, EAGLE, THEME, SCENE |
| A | 71 | DRAMA, CANAL, SALAD, AWARE |
| T | 36 | TASTE, TRUST, TITLE, START |
| R | 35 | RIVER, RIDER, RURAL, ERROR |
| O | 26 | PHOTO, COLOR, ROBOT, MOTOR |
| C | 25 | CATCH, CYCLE, COMIC, CLOCK |
E is by far the most common spread-out repeat, and more than half of those words end in E with another E earlier (THEME, SCENE, LEAVE). A comes second, often as A_A (DRAMA, SALAD). The most common positions for the two copies are the first and last letter (EAGLE, TRUST, RIVER) and the second and last (LEAVE, DENSE, START).
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Sixteen Daily and Infinite answers use one letter three times. Seven of them triple the E (EERIE, EMCEE, GEESE, LEVEE, MELEE, PEEVE, REEVE) and three the P (PAPPY, PEPPY, PUPPY). If you've found two copies of a letter and still can't make a word, a third copy is rare but possible.
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Eight answers read the same backwards — CIVIC, KAYAK, LEVEL, MADAM, RADAR, REFER, ROTOR and TENET. Each repeats two letters at once, so if you have the middle letter and matching first and last letters, it may be one of these.
Each copy of a letter is coloured separately, so a double often shows up as one green and one amber of the same letter. Here's a game where the answer is HAPPY:
- pupilA green P and an amber P in the same guess: the answer has at least two P's, one of them in the middle.
- applyThe P in the middle stays green, the other is amber, and Y is green at the end. P_P_Y with a double in the middle points straight at the answer.
- happySolved in three.
For the exact colouring rules, including when an extra copy turns gray, see five-letter word patterns.
- You've found three or four letters and no word fits — one answer in three has a repeat.
- There's a gap in the 3rd–4th spot: try OO, EE or LL there first.
- The word ends in Y with a consonant before it: double that consonant (FUNNY, HAPPY).
- A consonant is stuck near the end: try LL, SS or FF.
- Early in the game, avoid guessing doubles — a word with five different letters tests more of the alphabet.
Vowel-heavy words, including the EE and OO doubles, are listed in 5-letter words with lots of vowels. For a full method from first guess to last, read how to solve in four guesses or fewer.