5-Letter Word

EQUID

Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck

E1
Q2
U3
I4
D5
Letter positions
Word
equid
Position 1
e
Position 2
q
Position 3
u
Position 4
i
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
1, 3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
15

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 3, 41381.1%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
E12882.3%
Q2140.1%
U36425.1%
I48336.7%
D58076.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile)

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
No contains: Q

Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile) pool: 585 of 12,478 words (4.7%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
E117%
Q21067%
U317%
I417%
D5213%
Total15Higher than 96% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EQUID a good Wordle opening word?
EQUID has no repeated letters and 3 vowels, qualifying on two of three opener criteria. It contains the low-frequency tile Q, placing it in the Tier 2 pool of 585 words (4.7% of dataset). Viable opener, but the rare tile narrows testable patterns.
What does EQUID mean?
EQUID: Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck.
What is the Scrabble score for EQUID?
15 points. Tile breakdown: E(1) + Q(10) + U(1) + I(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is Q (10 points), contributing 67% of the total. This score is higher than 96% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 3 vowels?
1,249 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 3 vowels (10.0%). 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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