5-Letter Word

COMIC

A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

C1
O2
M3
I4
C5
Letter positions
Word
comic
Position 1
c
Position 2
o
Position 3
m
Position 4
i
Position 5
c
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 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 2, 43,05424.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
C18887.1%
O22,00816.1%
M34974.0%
I48336.7%
C51241.0%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: C
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%
O219%
M3327%
I419%
C5327%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is COMIC a good Wordle opening word?
COMIC has a repeated letter (C), 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 COMIC mean?
COMIC: A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts.
What is the Scrabble score for COMIC?
11 points. Tile breakdown: C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + I(1) + C(3). The highest-value tile is C (3 points), contributing 27% 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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