5-Letter Word

BRAAI

A 5 letter word: braai

B1
R2
A3
A4
I5
Letter positions
Word
braai
Position 1
b
Position 2
r
Position 3
a
Position 4
a
Position 5
i
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
3, 4, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 3, 4, 580.1%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
B18717.0%
R29087.3%
A31,2069.7%
A41,0278.2%
I52532.0%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: A
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
B1343%
R2114%
A3114%
A4114%
I5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is BRAAI a good Wordle opening word?
BRAAI has a repeated letter (A), which reduces the number of distinct positions covered in a single guess. It belongs to the Tier 4 late-game pool of 4,465 words (35.8% of dataset). Most effective as a confirmation guess once the repeated letter is already located.
What does BRAAI mean?
BRAAI: A 5 letter word: braai.
What is the Scrabble score for BRAAI?
7 points. Tile breakdown: B(3) + R(1) + A(1) + A(1) + I(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).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 3 vowels?
1,249 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 3 vowels (10.0%). Full vowel-count distribution: 0 vowels: 51 (0.4%), 1 vowel: 3,736 (29.9%), 2 vowels: 7,415 (59.4%), 3 vowels: 1,249 (10.0%), 4 vowels: 27 (0.2%).

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