5-Letter Word
DAMNS
Something of little value
D1
A2
M3
N4
S5
- Letter positions
- Word
- damns
- Position 1
- d
- Position 2
- a
- Position 3
- m
- Position 4
- n
- Position 5
- s
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 1
- Consonant count
- 4
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 2
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 8
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 1 vowel (same as this word) | 3,736 | 29.9% |
| Vowels at position 2 | 2,022 | 16.2% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | 650 | 5.2% |
| A | 2 | 2,158 | 17.3% |
| M | 3 | 497 | 4.0% |
| N | 4 | 758 | 6.1% |
| S | 5 | 3,805 | 30.5% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- No 1 vowel
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | 2 | 25% |
| A | 2 | 1 | 12% |
| M | 3 | 3 | 38% |
| N | 4 | 1 | 12% |
| S | 5 | 1 | 12% |
| Total | 8 | Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is DAMNS a good Wordle opening word?
- DAMNS has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, 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 DAMNS mean?
- DAMNS: Something of little value.
- What is the Scrabble score for DAMNS?
- 8 points. Tile breakdown: D(2) + A(1) + M(3) + N(1) + S(1). The highest-value tile is M (3 points), contributing 38% of the total. This score is higher than 49% 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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