5-Letter Word

CULCH

A 5 letter word: culch

C1
U2
L3
C4
H5
Letter positions
Word
culch
Position 1
c
Position 2
u
Position 3
l
Position 4
c
Position 5
h
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
12

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%
U21,1379.1%
L38206.6%
C43893.1%
H53492.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: C
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
C1325%
U218%
L318%
C4325%
H5433%
Total12Higher than 87% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is CULCH a good Wordle opening word?
CULCH 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 CULCH mean?
CULCH: A 5 letter word: culch.
What is the Scrabble score for CULCH?
12 points. Tile breakdown: C(3) + U(1) + L(1) + C(3) + H(4). The highest-value tile is H (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 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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