5-Letter Word Statistics
Letter frequencies, position patterns and vowel counts for 6,499 5-letter words. Use these numbers to choose better guesses and understand how five-letter words are built.
Key numbers
This list holds 6,499 5-letter words. The most common first letter is S (13% of words) and the most common last letter is S (29%). Across every position, E is the letter that appears most often.
894 5-letter words contain a double letter, while 4,295 use 5 different letters. The average tile score is 9.1 points, and the highest-scoring word is PZAZZ at 34 points.
How often each letter appears
Share of 5-letter words that contain each letter at least once.
| Letter | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| E | 2,959 | 45.5% |
| S | 2,907 | 44.7% |
| A | 2,590 | 39.9% |
| R | 2,019 | 31.1% |
| O | 1,906 | 29.3% |
| I | 1,779 | 27.4% |
| L | 1,672 | 25.7% |
| T | 1,619 | 24.9% |
| N | 1,415 | 21.8% |
| U | 1,189 | 18.3% |
| D | 1,164 | 17.9% |
| C | 1,102 | 17.0% |
| P | 988 | 15.2% |
| Y | 913 | 14.0% |
| M | 900 | 13.8% |
| H | 883 | 13.6% |
| G | 787 | 12.1% |
| B | 749 | 11.5% |
| K | 648 | 10.0% |
| F | 541 | 8.3% |
| W | 510 | 7.8% |
| V | 378 | 5.8% |
| X | 153 | 2.4% |
| Z | 146 | 2.2% |
| J | 110 | 1.7% |
| Q | 63 | 1.0% |
Most common letters by position
The five most frequent letters in each position of the word.
| Position | Top letters (count) |
|---|---|
| 1 | S (824), C (544), B (478), P (438), T (417) |
| 2 | A (1,103), O (998), E (737), I (717), U (614) |
| 3 | A (667), R (593), I (569), O (528), N (486) |
| 4 | E (1,301), T (488), A (429), N (426), I (414) |
| 5 | S (1,892), E (739), Y (680), D (455), R (422) |
Vowel distribution
How many of the letters A, E, I, O, U each word contains.
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 25 | 0.4% |
| 1 | 2,116 | 32.6% |
| 2 | 3,789 | 58.3% |
| 3 | 560 | 8.6% |
| 4 | 9 | 0.1% |
Y is not counted as a vowel here.
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Tile score |
|---|---|
| PZAZZ | 34 |
| JAZZY | 33 |
| XXXIX | 33 |
| FIZZY | 29 |
| FUZZY | 29 |
| XXXIV | 29 |
| XXXVI | 29 |
| MUZZY | 28 |
| DIZZY | 27 |
| FRIZZ | 26 |
| SWIZZ | 26 |
| TIZZY | 26 |
| XXXII | 26 |
| ABUZZ | 25 |
| MEZZO | 25 |
Questions
Where do these numbers come from?
They are calculated from this site's own 5-letter word list, not from any official puzzle answer list.
Why does S appear so often at the end?
Plurals and verb forms ending in S make up a large share of five-letter words.
Can I use this for Wordle?
Yes as a guide, but remember puzzle answers are usually common words, so real answers differ from the full dictionary list.
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