5-Letter Word
CRYPT
A cave or cavern
C1
R2
Y3
P4
T5
- Letter positions
- Word
- crypt
- Position 1
- c
- Position 2
- r
- Position 3
- y
- Position 4
- p
- Position 5
- t
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 0
- Consonant count
- 5
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- none
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 12
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 0 vowels (same as this word) | 51 | 0.4% |
| Vowels at positions none | 51 | 0.4% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | 888 | 7.1% |
| R | 2 | 908 | 7.3% |
| Y | 3 | 202 | 1.6% |
| P | 4 | 406 | 3.3% |
| T | 5 | 710 | 5.7% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- No 0 vowels
- 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 | 25% |
| R | 2 | 1 | 8% |
| Y | 3 | 4 | 33% |
| P | 4 | 3 | 25% |
| T | 5 | 1 | 8% |
| Total | 12 | Higher than 87% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is CRYPT a good Wordle opening word?
- CRYPT has no repeated letters but only 0 vowels, 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 CRYPT mean?
- CRYPT: A cave or cavern.
- What is the Scrabble score for CRYPT?
- 12 points. Tile breakdown: C(3) + R(1) + Y(4) + P(3) + T(1). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 33% of the total. This score is higher than 87% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
- What percentage of 5-letter words have 0 vowels?
- 51 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 0 vowels (0.4%). 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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