5-Letter Word

ELECT

An exclusive group of people

E1
L2
E3
C4
T5
Letter positions
Word
elect
Position 1
e
Position 2
l
Position 3
e
Position 4
c
Position 5
t
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
1, 3
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 1, 33132.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
E12882.3%
L26775.4%
E38476.8%
C43893.1%
T57105.7%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: 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
E1114%
L2114%
E3114%
C4343%
T5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ELECT a good Wordle opening word?
ELECT has a repeated letter (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 ELECT mean?
ELECT: An exclusive group of people.
What is the Scrabble score for ELECT?
7 points. Tile breakdown: E(1) + L(1) + E(1) + C(3) + T(1). The highest-value tile is C (3 points), contributing 43% 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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