5-Letter Word

CIVVY

A 5 letter word: civvy

C1
I2
V3
V4
Y5
Letter positions
Word
civvy
Position 1
c
Position 2
i
Position 3
v
Position 4
v
Position 5
y
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
16

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 22,02216.2%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
C18887.1%
I21,33410.7%
V32261.8%
V41481.2%
Y51,25410.0%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: V
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
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
C1319%
I216%
V3425%
V4425%
Y5425%
Total16Higher than 98% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is CIVVY a good Wordle opening word?
CIVVY has a repeated letter (V), 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 CIVVY mean?
CIVVY: A 5 letter word: civvy.
What is the Scrabble score for CIVVY?
16 points. Tile breakdown: C(3) + I(1) + V(4) + V(4) + Y(4). The highest-value tile is V (4 points), contributing 25% of the total. This score is higher than 98% 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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