5-Letter Word

ERBIA

A 5 letter word: erbia

E1
R2
B3
I4
A5
Letter positions
Word
erbia
Position 1
e
Position 2
r
Position 3
b
Position 4
i
Position 5
a
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
1, 4, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 4, 5680.5%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
E12882.3%
R29087.3%
B33152.5%
I48336.7%
A56325.1%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

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

Tier 1 — Opener pool: 4,926 of 12,478 words (39.5%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
E1114%
R2114%
B3343%
I4114%
A5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ERBIA a good Wordle opening word?
ERBIA meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 3 vowels (threshold: ≥2), and no low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J). It belongs to the Tier 1 opener pool of 4,926 words — 39.5% of the 12,478-word dataset.
What does ERBIA mean?
ERBIA: A 5 letter word: erbia.
What is the Scrabble score for ERBIA?
7 points. Tile breakdown: E(1) + R(1) + B(3) + I(1) + A(1). The highest-value tile is B (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 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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