5-Letter Word

DEEDY

A 5 letter word: deedy

D1
E2
E3
D4
Y5
Letter positions
Word
deedy
Position 1
d
Position 2
e
Position 3
e
Position 4
d
Position 5
y
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
3
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
10

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 31,1138.9%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
D16505.2%
E21,57212.6%
E38476.8%
D44513.6%
Y51,25410.0%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: D, E
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
D1220%
E2110%
E3110%
D4220%
Y5440%
Total10Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is DEEDY a good Wordle opening word?
DEEDY has a repeated letter (D, E), 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 DEEDY mean?
DEEDY: A 5 letter word: deedy.
What is the Scrabble score for DEEDY?
10 points. Tile breakdown: D(2) + E(1) + E(1) + D(2) + Y(4). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 40% of the total. This score is higher than 73% 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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