5-Letter Word

BLAER

A medium frequency five-letter word with 2 vowels

B1
L2
A3
E4
R5
Letter positions
Word
blaer
Position 1
b
Position 2
l
Position 3
a
Position 4
e
Position 5
r
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Starting with B8717.0%
Ending in R6565.3%
Vowels at positions 3, 45584.5%
No repeated letters (dataset total)8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
B18717.0%
L26775.4%
A31,2069.7%
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
B1343%
L2114%
A3114%
E4114%
R5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is BLAER a good Wordle opening word?
BLAER 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 BLAER mean?
BLAER 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 BLAER?
7 points. Tile breakdown: B(3) + L(1) + A(1) + E(1) + R(1). The highest-value tile is B (3 points), contributing 43% of the total. This score is higher than 32% 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. BLAER is one of them. Browse the full list at 5-letter words starting with B.

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