5-Letter Word

GREED

Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

G1
R2
E3
E4
D5
Letter positions
Word
greed
Position 1
g
Position 2
r
Position 3
e
Position 4
e
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 3, 45584.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
G16084.9%
R29087.3%
E38476.8%
E42,25718.1%
D58076.5%

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
G1229%
R2114%
E3114%
E4114%
D5229%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is GREED a good Wordle opening word?
GREED 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 GREED mean?
GREED: Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves.
What is the Scrabble score for GREED?
7 points. Tile breakdown: G(2) + R(1) + E(1) + E(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is G (2 points), contributing 29% of the total. This score is higher than 32% 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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