5-Letter Word

DADOS

Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

D1
A2
D3
O4
S5
Letter positions
Word
dados
Position 1
d
Position 2
a
Position 3
d
Position 4
o
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

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
D16505.2%
A22,15817.3%
D33733.0%
O46585.3%
S53,80530.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: D
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
D1229%
A2114%
D3229%
O4114%
S5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is DADOS a good Wordle opening word?
DADOS has a repeated letter (D), 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 DADOS mean?
DADOS: Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall.
What is the Scrabble score for DADOS?
7 points. Tile breakdown: D(2) + A(1) + D(2) + O(1) + S(1). The highest-value tile is D (2 points), contributing 29% of the total. This score is higher than 32% 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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