5-Letter Word
BILGY
Smelling like bilge water
B1
I2
L3
G4
Y5
- Letter positions
- Word
- bilgy
- Position 1
- b
- Position 2
- i
- Position 3
- l
- Position 4
- g
- Position 5
- y
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 1
- Consonant count
- 4
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 2
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 11
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Starting with B | 871 | 7.0% |
| Ending in Y | 1,254 | 10.0% |
| Vowels at position 2 | 2,022 | 16.2% |
| No repeated letters (dataset total) | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | 871 | 7.0% |
| I | 2 | 1,334 | 10.7% |
| L | 3 | 820 | 6.6% |
| G | 4 | 409 | 3.3% |
| Y | 5 | 1,254 | 10.0% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- No 1 vowel
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- Yes
Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | 3 | 27% |
| I | 2 | 1 | 9% |
| L | 3 | 1 | 9% |
| G | 4 | 2 | 18% |
| Y | 5 | 4 | 36% |
| Total | 11 | Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is BILGY a good Wordle opening word?
- BILGY has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, below the ≥2-vowel threshold for opener classification. It falls in the Tier 3 pool of 2,502 words (20.1% of dataset). Better deployed as a second or third guess once vowel positions are partly confirmed.
- What does BILGY mean?
- BILGY: Smelling like bilge water.
- What is the Scrabble score for BILGY?
- 11 points. Tile breakdown: B(3) + I(1) + L(1) + G(2) + Y(4). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 36% 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 B?
- 871 words in this dataset start with B, representing 7.0% of the 12,478-word total. BILGY is one of them. Browse the full list at 5-letter words starting with B.
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