RONDO

Meaning

A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

RONDO as a word-puzzle answer

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

It leans on high-frequency letters (R, O, 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.

RONDO by the numbers

Across the 1,734 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, R appears in 37% of answers (the 3rd most common letter), O appears in 30% of answers (the 5th most common letter), N appears in 24% of answers (the 9th most common letter). 17 other answers share the opening “RO-”, so two green tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.

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

Near misses

Same letters, different order: DONOR — yellow-heavy boards can be hiding this anagram instead.

Put it to use

Words like RONDO 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.