5-Letter Word
CHYME
A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
C1
H2
Y3
M4
E5
- Letter positions
- Word
- chyme
- Position 1
- c
- Position 2
- h
- Position 3
- y
- Position 4
- m
- Position 5
- e
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 1
- Consonant count
- 4
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 5
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 15
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 1 vowel (same as this word) | 3,736 | 29.9% |
| Vowels at position 5 | 59 | 0.5% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | 888 | 7.1% |
| H | 2 | 525 | 4.2% |
| Y | 3 | 202 | 1.6% |
| M | 4 | 391 | 3.1% |
| E | 5 | 1,477 | 11.8% |
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
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | 3 | 20% |
| H | 2 | 4 | 27% |
| Y | 3 | 4 | 27% |
| M | 4 | 3 | 20% |
| E | 5 | 1 | 7% |
| Total | 15 | Higher than 96% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is CHYME a good Wordle opening word?
- CHYME 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 CHYME mean?
- CHYME: A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum.
- What is the Scrabble score for CHYME?
- 15 points. Tile breakdown: C(3) + H(4) + Y(4) + M(3) + E(1). The highest-value tile is H (4 points), contributing 27% of the total. This score is higher than 96% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
- What percentage of 5-letter words have 1 vowel?
- 3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). 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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