5-Letter Word

GRAFF

A 5 letter word: graff

G1
R2
A3
F4
F5
Letter positions
Word
graff
Position 1
g
Position 2
r
Position 3
a
Position 4
f
Position 5
f
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
12

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 repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
G16084.9%
R29087.3%
A31,2069.7%
F42251.8%
F5800.6%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: F
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
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
G1217%
R218%
A318%
F4433%
F5433%
Total12Higher than 87% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is GRAFF a good Wordle opening word?
GRAFF has a repeated letter (F), 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 GRAFF mean?
GRAFF: A 5 letter word: graff.
What is the Scrabble score for GRAFF?
12 points. Tile breakdown: G(2) + R(1) + A(1) + F(4) + F(4). The highest-value tile is F (4 points), contributing 33% of the total. This score is higher than 87% 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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