Word of the Day · Monday, November 21, 2022
/ˈdʒusi/adjective
Having lots of juice.
“a juicy peach”
Oppositeunjuicy
JUICY is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (U, I) and 3 consonants (J, C, Y). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.
It leans on high-frequency letters (I), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. Watch for the less-common letter J — saving a guess to test it once the vowels are placed is usually the fastest route.
Across the 1,734 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, I appears in 29% of answers (the 6th most common letter), C appears in 19% of answers (the 10th most common letter), U appears in 18% of answers (the 12th most common letter). 4 other answers share the opening “JU-”, so two green tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.
Difficulty: 3/5 — moderate, because it uses at least one genuinely rare letter.
One letter away in the answer bank: JUICE. Each of these turns four tiles green against JUICY — the classic endgame squeeze where spending a guess on the differing letter beats burning attempts on hope.
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Definitions adapted from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API (CC BY-SA). Letter statistics, difficulty ratings, and near-miss analysis are original Wordocious research computed from our curated answer list.