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

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 0 vowels (same as this word)510.4%
Vowels at positions none510.4%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
H14773.8%
W21581.3%
Y32021.6%
L47566.1%
S53,80530.5%

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

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
H1429%
W2429%
Y3429%
L417%
S517%
Total14Higher 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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