5-Letter Word

HEXER

A medium frequency five-letter word with 2 vowels

H1
E2
X3
E4
R5
Letter positions
Word
hexer
Position 1
h
Position 2
e
Position 3
x
Position 4
e
Position 5
r
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
15

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%
E21,57212.6%
X31241.0%
E42,25718.1%
R56565.3%

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)
No contains: X

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

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
H1427%
E217%
X3853%
E417%
R517%
Total15Higher than 96% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is HEXER a good Wordle opening word?
HEXER 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 HEXER mean?
HEXER 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 HEXER?
15 points. Tile breakdown: H(4) + E(1) + X(8) + E(1) + R(1). The highest-value tile is X (8 points), contributing 53% of the total. This score is higher than 96% 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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