Word of the Day · Sunday, November 23, 2025
/ˈvɪlə/noun
(plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
VILLA is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (I, A) and 3 consonants (V, L, L). It repeats 1 letter, which is a classic trap — guessers who assume five distinct letters get stuck.
It leans on high-frequency letters (I, A), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. Watch for the less-common letter V — 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, A appears in 40% of answers (the 2nd most common letter), I appears in 29% of answers (the 6th most common letter), L appears in 26% of answers (the 8th most common letter). 13 other answers share the opening “VI-”, so two green tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.
Difficulty: 3/5 — moderate, because the repeated letter hides one position, and it uses at least one genuinely rare letter.
One letter away in the answer bank: VIOLA. Each of these turns four tiles green against VILLA — 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.