ENEMY

Meaning

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

“Crush the enemy!”

• verbTo make an enemy of.
• adjectiveOf, relating to, or belonging to an enemy

ENEMY as a word-puzzle answer

ENEMY is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (E, E) and 3 consonants (N, M, Y). It repeats 1 letter, which is a classic trap — guessers who assume five distinct letters get stuck.

It leans on high-frequency letters (E, N), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.

ENEMY by the numbers

Across the 1,734 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, E appears in 50% of answers (the 1st most common letter), N appears in 24% of answers (the 9th most common letter), Y appears in 14% of answers (the 14th most common letter). 6 other answers share the opening “EN-”, so two green tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.

Difficulty: 2/5 — approachable, because the repeated letter hides one position.

Put it to use

Words like ENEMY are exactly what the daily puzzles throw at you. Warm up in Practice, race the clock in the Daily Challenge, or study the best starting words before your next run. New to the multi-board modes? The mode guides cover all nine.