5-Letter Word

CLEEK

A 5 letter word: cleek

C1
L2
E3
E4
K5
Letter positions
Word
cleek
Position 1
c
Position 2
l
Position 3
e
Position 4
e
Position 5
k
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
11

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 3, 45584.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
C18887.1%
L26775.4%
E38476.8%
E42,25718.1%
K52442.0%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: E
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 2 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
C1327%
L219%
E319%
E419%
K5545%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is CLEEK a good Wordle opening word?
CLEEK has a repeated letter (E), 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 CLEEK mean?
CLEEK: A 5 letter word: cleek.
What is the Scrabble score for CLEEK?
11 points. Tile breakdown: C(3) + L(1) + E(1) + E(1) + K(5). The highest-value tile is K (5 points), contributing 45% of the total. This score is higher than 81% 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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