5-Letter Word

BLATS

Cry plaintively

B1
L2
A3
T4
S5
Letter positions
Word
blats
Position 1
b
Position 2
l
Position 3
a
Position 4
t
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Starting with B8717.0%
Ending in S3,80530.5%
Vowels at position 31,37511.0%
No repeated letters (dataset total)8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
B18717.0%
L26775.4%
A31,2069.7%
T48787.0%
S53,80530.5%

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

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
B1343%
L2114%
A3114%
T4114%
S5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is BLATS a good Wordle opening word?
BLATS 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 BLATS mean?
BLATS: Cry plaintively.
What is the Scrabble score for BLATS?
7 points. Tile breakdown: B(3) + L(1) + A(1) + T(1) + S(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. BLATS is one of them. Browse the full list at 5-letter words starting with B.

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