5-Letter Word

ETUDE

A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill

E1
T2
U3
D4
E5
Letter positions
Word
etude
Position 1
e
Position 2
t
Position 3
u
Position 4
d
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
1, 3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
6

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 3, 52391.9%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
E12882.3%
T22321.9%
U36425.1%
D44513.6%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: E
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 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
E1117%
T2117%
U3117%
D4233%
E5117%
Total6Higher than 16% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ETUDE a good Wordle opening word?
ETUDE 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 ETUDE mean?
ETUDE: A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
What is the Scrabble score for ETUDE?
6 points. Tile breakdown: E(1) + T(1) + U(1) + D(2) + E(1). The highest-value tile is D (2 points), contributing 33% of the total. This score is higher than 16% 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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