5-Letter Word
ESSAY
An analytic or interpretive literary composition
E1
S2
S3
A4
Y5
- Letter positions
- Word
- essay
- Position 1
- e
- Position 2
- s
- Position 3
- s
- Position 4
- a
- Position 5
- y
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 2
- Consonant count
- 3
- Unique letters
- 4
- Repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel positions
- 1, 4
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 8
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 2 vowels (same as this word) | 7,415 | 59.4% |
| Vowels at positions 1, 4 | 576 | 4.6% |
| Words with repeated letters | 4,465 | 35.8% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | 1 | 288 | 2.3% |
| S | 2 | 89 | 0.7% |
| S | 3 | 510 | 4.1% |
| A | 4 | 1,027 | 8.2% |
| Y | 5 | 1,254 | 10.0% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game
- No repeated letters
- No repeats: S
- 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
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | 1 | 1 | 12% |
| S | 2 | 1 | 12% |
| S | 3 | 1 | 12% |
| A | 4 | 1 | 12% |
| Y | 5 | 4 | 50% |
| Total | 8 | Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is ESSAY a good Wordle opening word?
- ESSAY has a repeated letter (S), 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 ESSAY mean?
- ESSAY: An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
- What is the Scrabble score for ESSAY?
- 8 points. Tile breakdown: E(1) + S(1) + S(1) + A(1) + Y(4). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 50% 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 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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