5-Letter Word

CABIN

A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it

C1
A2
B3
I4
N5
Letter positions
Word
cabin
Position 1
c
Position 2
a
Position 3
b
Position 4
i
Position 5
n
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
9

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 43,05424.5%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
C18887.1%
A22,15817.3%
B33152.5%
I48336.7%
N55124.1%

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
C1333%
A2111%
B3333%
I4111%
N5111%
Total9Higher than 62% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is CABIN a good Wordle opening word?
CABIN 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 CABIN mean?
CABIN: A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
What is the Scrabble score for CABIN?
9 points. Tile breakdown: C(3) + A(1) + B(3) + I(1) + N(1). The highest-value tile is C (3 points), contributing 33% of the total. This score is higher than 62% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 2 vowels?
7,415 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 2 vowels (59.4%). 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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