5-Letter Word

BLIMP

Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by sir david low)

B1
L2
I3
M4
P5
Letter positions
Word
blimp
Position 1
b
Position 2
l
Position 3
i
Position 4
m
Position 5
p
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
11

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Starting with B8717.0%
Ending in P1461.2%
Vowels at position 31,37511.0%
No repeated letters (dataset total)8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
B18717.0%
L26775.4%
I31,0188.2%
M43913.1%
P51461.2%

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
B1327%
L219%
I319%
M4327%
P5327%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is BLIMP a good Wordle opening word?
BLIMP 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 BLIMP mean?
BLIMP: Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by sir david low).
What is the Scrabble score for BLIMP?
11 points. Tile breakdown: B(3) + L(1) + I(1) + M(3) + P(3). The highest-value tile is B (3 points), contributing 27% 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. BLIMP is one of them. Browse the full list at 5-letter words starting with B.

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