5-Letter Word

FUMER

A medium frequency five-letter word with 2 vowels

F1
U2
M3
E4
R5
Letter positions
Word
fumer
Position 1
f
Position 2
u
Position 3
m
Position 4
e
Position 5
r
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
10

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 43,05424.5%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
F15754.6%
U21,1379.1%
M34974.0%
E42,25718.1%
R56565.3%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 2 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
F1440%
U2110%
M3330%
E4110%
R5110%
Total10Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is FUMER a good Wordle opening word?
FUMER meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 2 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 FUMER mean?
FUMER is a documented five-letter English word present in standard word game dictionaries. No definition is available in the current dataset for this entry.
What is the Scrabble score for FUMER?
10 points. Tile breakdown: F(4) + U(1) + M(3) + E(1) + R(1). The highest-value tile is F (4 points), contributing 40% of the total. This score is higher than 73% 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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