Word of the Day · Friday, December 19, 2025
/kwiːn/noun
A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria.
Similarqueen regnant, bitch, cowgirl, girl, lady, mop squeezer
QUEEN is a 5-letter word with 3 vowels (U, E, E) and 2 consonants (Q, N). 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. Watch for the less-common letter Q — saving a guess to test it once the vowels are placed is usually the fastest route.
Across the 2,412 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, E appears in 48% of answers (the 1st most common letter), N appears in 24% of answers (the 9th most common letter), U appears in 19% of answers (the 11th most common letter). 19 other answers share the opening “QU-”, 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.
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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.