5-Letter Word

EVENT

An occurrence

E1
V2
E3
N4
T5
Letter positions
Word
event
Position 1
e
Position 2
v
Position 3
e
Position 4
n
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
8

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%
V2520.4%
E38476.8%
N47586.1%
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
E1112%
V2450%
E3112%
N4112%
T5112%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EVENT a good Wordle opening word?
EVENT 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 EVENT mean?
EVENT: An occurrence.
What is the Scrabble score for EVENT?
8 points. Tile breakdown: E(1) + V(4) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1). The highest-value tile is V (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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