5-Letter Word
HWYLS
A 5 letter word: hwyls
H1
W2
Y3
L4
S5
- Letter positions
- Word
- hwyls
- Position 1
- h
- Position 2
- w
- Position 3
- y
- Position 4
- l
- Position 5
- s
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 0
- Consonant count
- 5
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- none
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 14
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 0 vowels (same as this word) | 51 | 0.4% |
| Vowels at positions none | 51 | 0.4% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 1 | 477 | 3.8% |
| W | 2 | 158 | 1.3% |
| Y | 3 | 202 | 1.6% |
| L | 4 | 756 | 6.1% |
| S | 5 | 3,805 | 30.5% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- No 0 vowels
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- Yes
Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 1 | 4 | 29% |
| W | 2 | 4 | 29% |
| Y | 3 | 4 | 29% |
| L | 4 | 1 | 7% |
| S | 5 | 1 | 7% |
| Total | 14 | Higher than 94% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is HWYLS a good Wordle opening word?
- HWYLS has no repeated letters but only 0 vowels, below the ≥2-vowel threshold for opener classification. It falls in the Tier 3 pool of 2,502 words (20.1% of dataset). Better deployed as a second or third guess once vowel positions are partly confirmed.
- What does HWYLS mean?
- HWYLS: A 5 letter word: hwyls.
- What is the Scrabble score for HWYLS?
- 14 points. Tile breakdown: H(4) + W(4) + Y(4) + L(1) + S(1). The highest-value tile is H (4 points), contributing 29% of the total. This score is higher than 94% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
- What percentage of 5-letter words have 0 vowels?
- 51 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 0 vowels (0.4%). 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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