5-Letter Word

FJORD

A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs

F1
J2
O3
R4
D5
Letter positions
Word
fjord
Position 1
f
Position 2
j
Position 3
o
Position 4
r
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
16

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 31,37511.0%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
F15754.6%
J290.1%
O39607.7%
R46955.6%
D58076.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
No contains: J

Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
F1425%
J2850%
O316%
R416%
D5212%
Total16Higher than 98% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is FJORD a good Wordle opening word?
FJORD has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, below the ≥2-vowel threshold for opener classification. It falls in the Tier 3 pool of 2,502 words (20.1% of dataset). Better deployed as a second or third guess once vowel positions are partly confirmed.
What does FJORD mean?
FJORD: A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs.
What is the Scrabble score for FJORD?
16 points. Tile breakdown: F(4) + J(8) + O(1) + R(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is J (8 points), contributing 50% of the total. This score is higher than 98% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 1 vowel?
3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). 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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