5-Letter Word

HAZAN

The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

H1
A2
Z3
A4
N5
Letter positions
Word
hazan
Position 1
h
Position 2
a
Position 3
z
Position 4
a
Position 5
n
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
17

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 repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
H14773.8%
A22,15817.3%
Z31361.1%
A41,0278.2%
N55124.1%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

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

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
H1424%
A216%
Z31059%
A416%
N516%
Total17Higher than 99% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is HAZAN a good Wordle opening word?
HAZAN has a repeated letter (A), 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 HAZAN mean?
HAZAN: The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
What is the Scrabble score for HAZAN?
17 points. Tile breakdown: H(4) + A(1) + Z(10) + A(1) + N(1). The highest-value tile is Z (10 points), contributing 59% of the total. This score is higher than 99% 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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