5-Letter Word

FOUET

A 5 letter word: fouet

F1
O2
U3
E4
T5
Letter positions
Word
fouet
Position 1
f
Position 2
o
Position 3
u
Position 4
e
Position 5
t
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
8

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 2, 3, 4800.6%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
F15754.6%
O22,00816.1%
U36425.1%
E42,25718.1%
T57105.7%

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
F1450%
O2112%
U3112%
E4112%
T5112%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is FOUET a good Wordle opening word?
FOUET 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 FOUET mean?
FOUET: A 5 letter word: fouet.
What is the Scrabble score for FOUET?
8 points. Tile breakdown: F(4) + O(1) + U(1) + E(1) + T(1). The highest-value tile is F (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 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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