5-Letter Word

ACKER

A medium frequency five-letter word with 2 vowels

A1
C2
K3
E4
R5
Letter positions
Word
acker
Position 1
a
Position 2
c
Position 3
k
Position 4
e
Position 5
r
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
1, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
11

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Starting with A7155.7%
Ending in R6565.3%
Vowels at positions 1, 45764.6%
No repeated letters (dataset total)8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
A17155.7%
C21731.4%
K32532.0%
E42,25718.1%
R56565.3%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 2 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 1 — Opener pool: 4,926 of 12,478 words (39.5%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
A119%
C2327%
K3545%
E419%
R519%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ACKER a good Wordle opening word?
ACKER meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 2 vowels (threshold: ≥2), and no low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J). It belongs to the Tier 1 opener pool of 4,926 words — 39.5% of the 12,478-word dataset.
What does ACKER mean?
ACKER is a documented five-letter English word present in standard word game dictionaries. No definition is available in the current dataset for this entry.
What is the Scrabble score for ACKER?
11 points. Tile breakdown: A(1) + C(3) + K(5) + E(1) + R(1). The highest-value tile is K (5 points), contributing 45% of the total. This score is higher than 81% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
How many 5-letter words start with A?
715 words in this dataset start with A, representing 5.7% of the 12,478-word total. ACKER is one of them. Browse the full list at 5-letter words starting with A.

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