5-Letter Word

IDYLS

A musical composition that evokes rural life

I1
D2
Y3
L4
S5
Letter positions
Word
idyls
Position 1
i
Position 2
d
Position 3
y
Position 4
l
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
1
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
9

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 1420.3%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
I11571.3%
D2830.7%
Y32021.6%
L47566.1%
S53,80530.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
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
I1111%
D2222%
Y3444%
L4111%
S5111%
Total9Higher than 62% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is IDYLS a good Wordle opening word?
IDYLS has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, 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 IDYLS mean?
IDYLS: A musical composition that evokes rural life.
What is the Scrabble score for IDYLS?
9 points. Tile breakdown: I(1) + D(2) + Y(4) + L(1) + S(1). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 44% of the total. This score is higher than 62% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 1 vowel?
3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). 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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